On Fri, 2008-07-04 at 17:56 -0300, Gabriel Parrondo wrote: > El vie, 04-07-2008 a las 17:24 +0200, Shawn Beasley escribió: > > michael wrote: > > > I was following the instructions on, eg Debian_Admin, to attempt an > > > installation of Debian on a Fedora box (that didn't like the netinst > > > CD). I have got as far as installing a chroot in /debian_chroot but > > > cannot work out the final steps needed to be able to boot into the > > > Debian installation. Could some kind soul help me out? Thanks, M > > > > Boot from UbuntuLive or the like (must have a grub boot loader), mount > > your hard drive and copy the initrd.gz vmlinuz to /root. (found in > > install.i386) > > > > > OP is not using/installing ubuntu, he's installing debian and using > fedora. I don't see where ubuntu fits. > /vmlinuz and /initrd are links to files in /boot, which are installed by > the kernel package (actually, the initrd is created, not installed). > > > OP: > You should chroot in /debian_chroot and run 'aptitude install > linux-image-architecture'. > If debootstrap didn't already, also install grub (or lilo if you prefer > it). Edit fstab (don't forget about /proc) and exit the chroot. > Then, if you have grub in the fedora system, run 'grub-install > --root-directory=/debian_chroot /dev/device' and > edit /debian_chroot/boot/grub/device.map if necessary. > Re-enter the chroot and run update-grub. > > > Then make the bios boot from that device, however you do it, and there > you go.
thanks, that sounds str forward - presumably the 'grub-install' will write a new MBR so when I reboot the machine it looks in /debian_chroot (ie I won't see the options from my [Fedora] /boot/grub/menu.lst)? (I'm wanting to be able to boot into Debian kernel, but if it screws up be able to go back into Fedora, and then, finally when got a working Debian, wipe the Fedora and have a Debian (only) system) many thanks, M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
