On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:17:19AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > > > This is exactly I wanted to avoid. Since I am writing this from a windows > machine, why my debian machine is dead, I have to google I guess. I am trying to > increase my knowledge.
Oh. I don't know a lot, maybe somebody can else can help more. Here's a bit of the printout of those commands: desk:~# chroot --help; apt-cache show debootstrap; apt-cache show rootstrap Usage: chroot NEWROOT [COMMAND...] or: chroot OPTION Run COMMAND with root directory set to NEWROOT. [snip] Description: Bootstrap a basic Debian system debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch, without requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by downloading .deb files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into. [snip/rootstrap] Description: A tool for building complete Linux filesystem images Rootstrap was originally written to provide a facility for building filesystems for use with User-mode Linux, but can be useful in other applications as well. . It uses a modular set of shell scripts to create the filesystem image, install a base system, and customize it for a particular application. Currently, it only builds Debian systems, but the architecture is such that other base systems could be used instead. . Use of rootstrap does not require root access, or special privileges of any kind. This is because it builds the filesystem inside a User-mode Linux system running under an unprivileged uid. . Filesystem creation with rootstrap is quick and painless. With a local mirror and a single command, a fresh Debian woody filesystem can be created in about 3 minutes on relatively modest hardware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
