Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:05:25PM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > > something like: > > boot computer with live cd > > go to a terminal > > partition the hdd > > format the hdd > > mount the root hdd partition as /mnt > > use 'debootstrap .....' to download the packages you want > > chroot to /mnt > > add kernel and grub > > use grub-update > > exit > > reboot to grub > > (untested outline) > > > I can confirm that this procedure works, though there may be some > details missing. you may have to mount proc inside the chroot before > the actual chroot. I've done it a couple times but kept no notes (bad > Andrew).
Thanks Andrew, my question was how to trim the base installation. I think I have a track on how to do this with debootstrap. I only wonder if there is a way to do that with the businesscard cd. I'll forward my post to debian-boot, but I don't expect much as that list is mainly for announcements but I have nothing to lose. -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista or any other Microsoft® products. http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]