On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 09:07:52PM -0500, cga wrote: > The new net install system is currently the best Debian has for install > over small pipes. If you can get the iso image of net install downloaded > and burnt to CD, you can get the rest of the stuff you need by using it. > Even if you can't get it downloaded over your pipe, I recommend that you > try to purchase a copy of it from some vendor, and use it to download > the rest. Sarge is not yet stable enough that you want to try to run it > purely from CD, You need access to download updates over the internet. > > If the forgoing seems to imply that net install is not very good, that > is mistaken. It is the best that Debian has because it is the best, > period. You should not delay starting to use it, unless your internet > pipe is totally disfunctional. > > All modern download systems use a layered system of error checking and > recovery methods. Net install uses the best that are available. > > [..] > > Thank you very much indeed for your kind reply. > > Would you happen to know whether the netinst minimal CD can be used to do a > chrooted install - as described in appendix C, section 4. of the Debian > sarge installation manual? > I plan to use this method to switch from my current RedHat 7.2 to Debian > with minimal downtime. > > Thanks, > Chris. >
I looked at my copy of debinst rc2 CD. It has deb package of wget and udeb package of debootstrap on it in directory named pool. I believe udeb is a compact and stripped down version of a regular deb, so it probably has all you need for chroot, plus a lot of stuff that you might not need for chroot. I would try it. _But_, I have never done chroot install. And, I am not an expert on the internals of the netinst system. I have used it, and it has worked very nicely, for me. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
