[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, I am a fairly experienced Fedora user trying out Debian > for the first time. I have a 3 disk distribution from Linux Central > and I can get it to install and boot to a command line. The installer > uses only the first disk. My problem is that I can't bring up the > GUI. I have a driver for the video card but in order to install it > gcc and the kernel headers are required, and missing. Also my only > web source is via a wireless, which needs to be configured with > ndiswrapper. This requires, guess what, gcc and the kernel headers so > I can't download them. I tried aptitude and it requests a disk be > mounted but it is not any of the disks that I have. I suspect that > gcc is hiding on one of the disks I have if only I knew how to get to > it. Ideas? The computer is dual booted so I could use the Fedora side > to download and copy over. Jim Bean
You can try this; some commands may need to be adapted. 1. boot fedora 2. get Internet access working if it isn't already 3: run something like this: mkdir /mnt/debian mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/debian # replace /dev/sda2 as needed mount -t proc proc /mnt/debian/proc # maybe not needed mount --bind /dev /mnt/debian/dev # maybe not needed chroot /mnt/debian 4. make sure Internet access works from within the chroot 5. use the chrooted shell to do whatever you need to do Good luck, Corey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]