On Tuesday 13 Dec 2005 12:23, fernando tear wrote: > I get source debian sarge ISO and i am trying to > install it. > I search it by internet and i found how install a > binary distribution, not a source one. > > where can i find the steps to install a source > distro??
Good on you for installing from source; but I will warn you in advance, it is not as easy as installing "click and go" spyware-infested applications under Windows! OTOH, there is something undefinable yet deeply satisfying about knowing you built it all yourself from source code ..... just like the way vegetables from a supermarket never taste as good as the ones you grew on your own allotment, or other people's babies are never as pretty as yours. First of all, you have to set up a minimal build environment on the target machine. {You can't do this with just the debian sources disc; get something like an LFS or gentoo boot CD to use instead. You might even be able to use Slax if you can find a version which includes GCC}. Partition your HDD, and mount it somewhere like /target {don't forget to mount other filesystems under it}. Unless you have stupid amounts of RAM, enable swap space with swapon. Build a text editor, GCC, a kernel, all the Debian packaging tools, the base system and lilo -- all with a PREFIX that will place them under the target system. NB: If the GCC version on your bootdisc is older than the source you have, build the new GCC first and use it to build everything else. Chroot into the target and set up /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf. Run /sbin/lilo. *EXIT FROM THE CHROOT*, remove the boot CD and reboot into the target system. If that sounds too complicated, start installing a very minimal base system from a Debian binary install CD and complete it with sources compiled locally from your sources CD. If that still sounds too complicated, cut your losses and download the binary ISO. Is there a good reason you can't use netinstall? Even with only a 512Kb internet connection, it's still reasonably quick. I don't doubt that somebody will have created a boot CD with a working build environment that can be used for bootstrapping Debian from sources. -- AJS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]