On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 05:39, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:51:02 -0800, Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> I just got hold of an old portable PC, which I want to put linux on. > >> Since the networking on this device is poor, I removed the harddrive > >> and hooked it up to my own computer. So, my question is what do I need > >> to do to the hard drive to get Linux to boot up on it, when I put it > >> back in the original computer? > >> > >> I have formatted the hard disk, but I need to set it up so that it will > >> boot. How do I do that? > > > > Install a bootloader on that hard disk's MBR. I recommend grub for that > > task. > > -- > > Paolo Alexis Falcone > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > But how do I go about creating the MBR and putting the bootloader there?
replace hdc with the real device you have grub-install /dev/hdc you could also partition and mount your harddrive under /mnt of you'r own computer run debootstrap with your choise of debian and your local mirror example: #debootstrap sarge /mnt/disk http://your.debian.mirror/debian tis install a basic working debian now you could chroot /mnt/disk and do the rest of the install there some ideas might be.. apt-setup apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install kernel-image-your-fav-version apt-get install all-the-software-you-want-to-use good luck -- Ronny Aasen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
