Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Hi, all -- Yes, I'm back with more questions :-/ ...and then Colin Watson said... % % On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:56:37PM -0400, David T-G wrote: % > % > What's the minimum set that I need for, say, sarge? I don't want to have % > to download 8G of mirror just to use 1/3 of it. % % You can pro

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Bob -- ...and then Bob Proulx said... % % Hi David! Hi! Small world :-) [Say, did you ever see my packet-radio-question email?] % % I know that Colin Watson gave you expert advice and it seems like you That, indeed, and I hope I am. % are now moving forward. But I wanted to shift gears a

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Colin, et al -- ...and then Colin Watson said... % % On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:56:37PM -0400, David T-G wrote: % > % > What's the minimum set that I need for, say, sarge? I don't want to have % > to download 8G of mirror just to use 1/3 of it. % % You can probably use debootstrap --download-o

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Hi David! I know that Colin Watson gave you expert advice and it seems like you are now moving forward. But I wanted to shift gears and ask a different question. David T-G wrote: > I have a trash-able SuSE system I want to use to do a chroot install > of Debian before trying it on my LFS-based s

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:56:37PM -0400, David T-G wrote: > ...and then Colin Watson said... > % On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:24:24PM -0400, David T-G wrote: > % > Aha! I don't have any such pool/ directory. I'll go and download that > % > now. > % > % Right, you need the .debs to be in the same

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Colin, et al -- ...and then Colin Watson said... % % On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:24:24PM -0400, David T-G wrote: % > % > Aha! I don't have any such pool/ directory. I'll go and download that % > now. % % Right, you need the .debs to be in the same layout as on Debian mirrors. What's the minim

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Colin, et al -- ...and then Colin Watson said... % % On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:55:59AM -0400, David T-G wrote: % > % > hp:~ # debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose sarge /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ ... % > I: Retrieving adduser % > E: Couldn't download adduser % % Hm, so, do you have the

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:24:24PM -0400, David T-G wrote: > Colin, et al -- > % Filename: field for adduser in > % /mnt/empty/dists/sarge/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz is a valid relative > % path from /mnt/empty to the adduser .deb? In other words, > % /mnt/empty/pool/main/a/adduser/adduser_3.53_a

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 09:55:59AM -0400, David T-G wrote: > ...and then Colin Watson said... > % > % On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 04:43:43PM -0400, David T-G wrote: > % > > % > debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose stable /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ > % > > % > (and also 'woody' in place of 'stable

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

Colin, et al -- ...and then Colin Watson said... % % On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 04:43:43PM -0400, David T-G wrote: % > % > debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose stable /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ % > % > (and also 'woody' in place of 'stable') but it puked on adduser. % % Can you show exactly wh

Re: problems with debootstrap and stable or sarge

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 04:43:43PM -0400, David T-G wrote: > For my first try, I pulled down 'stable' to the tune of about 1.5G and > tried > > debootstrap --arch i386 --verbose stable /mnt/suse81 file:///mnt/empty/ > > (and also 'woody' in place of 'stable') but it puked on adduser. Can you s