From: Scott Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm doing some development (experimenting) with debian, and when I try the > following: > > dpkg --root=/dos/linux --purge --force-remove-essential e2fsprogs >
First, it may be essential to "cd" to /dos/linux before running this. I've seen chroot(2) change the root without changing the current directory. Second, anything done in a chroot context, as above, depends on all of the context of a Linux system being in place under /dos/linux: the shared libraries, the shell, etc. In this case it's not able to find or execute the interpreter for the postrm script, which is /dos/linux/bin/sh. This is going to be difficult if you just removed some other essential packages. I think a few people have tried to build a system from zero using dpkg. That doesn't work because of the "bootstrap problem". If you have not done so, you should install the boot-floppies package, and examine all of the scripts in it. That will show you how the base system is created and how you can modify the process. Thanks Bruce