[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I was wondering, could you get a base Debian system installed by > downloading from <debian>/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/: > > base2_2.tgz > images-1.44/rescue.bin > images-1.44/root.bin > > Then install the rest of the system when I get networking configured? >
I tried this just last night, and it worked. I mounted the new partition on /mnt, chroot'ed to that point, ran lilo, and it worked. I was running a fully-funcional debian system at the time; don't know how this affected my success. YMMV. > Also, how do you rebuild the package listings? Is there a quick way of > rebuilding Packages and Packages.gz? $ apt-get update -- -=|JP|=- "Why, oh, why didn't I take the blue pill?" Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.atipa.com /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | 816-595-3000 x1550 _\_V 6D04 39E0 CAE9 9ADA 2CA3 2EBE 898A 6C37 CA1E A29C
