> > > OP: > > > You should chroot in /debian_chroot and run 'aptitude install > > > linux-image-architecture'. > > > If debootstrap didn't already, also install grub (or lilo if you prefer > > > it). Edit fstab (don't forget about /proc) and exit the chroot. > > > Then, if you have grub in the fedora system, run 'grub-install > > > --root-directory=/debian_chroot /dev/device' and > > > edit /debian_chroot/boot/grub/device.map if necessary. > > > Re-enter the chroot and run update-grub. > > > > > > > > > Then make the bios boot from that device, however you do it, and there > > > you go. > > > > thanks, that sounds str forward - presumably the 'grub-install' will > > write a new MBR so when I reboot the machine it looks in /debian_chroot > > (ie I won't see the options from my [Fedora] /boot/grub/menu.lst)? > > That's what the --root-directory parameter does.
I'm being doubly (if not triply!) dense today: apologies! Can I just copy (Fedora's) /etc/fstab, see below, to /debian_chroot? [EMAIL PROTECTED] grub]# cat /etc/fstab /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 ### MKB (Sept 2007): 750Gb disk #/dev/sdb1 /WinXP ntfs defaults 0 2 /dev/sdb2 /data1 ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 2 ### MKB (Sept 2007): nfs4 mount ratty:~michael for user mkb ratty.phy.umist.ac.uk:/home/michael /home/mkb/ratty nfs hard,intr 0 0 ### MKB (Apr 2008): CIFS mount CG-drives # NB credentials file can only contain username and/or password //cg-drives.rcs.manchester.ac.uk/mccssmb2 /mnt/CG cifs uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0600,dir_mode=0700,credentials=/home/mkb/cg_cred.txt 0 0 ### MKB (Jul 2008): mount new partition for Debian chroot /dev/VolGroup00/debian /debian_chroot ext3 defaults 1 2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
