Re: Installing debian to another hard drive

1999-09-29 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
> On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the > > same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and > > would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy d

Re: Installing debian to another hard drive

1999-09-29 Thread Seth R Arnold
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 01:54:42AM -0400, Rob Mahurin wrote: > Perhaps something like this (assuming the target drive is /dev/hdb). > (I'm going to emphasize that I'm JUST GUESSING and you should RTFM all > the suggestions I give here). > > # mke2fs /dev/hdb1 > # makeswap /dev/hdb2 should read: #

Re: Installing debian to another hard drive

1999-09-29 Thread Rob Mahurin
Perhaps something like this (assuming the target drive is /dev/hdb). (I'm going to emphasize that I'm JUST GUESSING and you should RTFM all the suggestions I give here). # mke2fs /dev/hdb1 # makeswap /dev/hdb2 # dpkg --get-selections > selections # dpkg --root=/mnt --set-selections < selections #

Re: Installing debian to another hard drive

1999-09-28 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Hugo van der Merwe wrote: > Hello, > > How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the > same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and > would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy disk drive is

Installing debian to another hard drive

1999-09-28 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
Hello, How can I install the debian "base" system to another hard drive in the same computer? I have a working Debian / DOS+Win95 dual boot system, and would like to install Debian to a laptop, whose floppy disk drive is disfunctional, and has no CD-ROM drive. I have connected the laptop's hard d