Re: A qualified "Yes" - was [Re: Is the a 'contrarian' Debian install available?]
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>>>
>>> There are various references on the Net to 'Debian From
>>> Scratch' but
>>> they seem to refer to installing Debian using various
>>> methods rather
>>> than actually compiling it from source. I think
>>> (c)debootstrap has
>>> already been mentioned in this context.
>>
>> "debootstrap" had not been mentioned that I recall.
>> It will save me from reinventing wheel.
>
> Unfortunately it won't.
> In my quick scan of the documentation I misread the first sentence of
> http://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap . It states:
> "debootstrap is a tool which will install a Debian base system into a
> subdirectory of another, *_already installed system_* ." [EMPHASIS added]
The "already installed system" can be a "Live" one.
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