On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 19:02, Jon D. wrote: > --- Bryan Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 05:06, Michael Halcrow wrote: > > > Hmmm. I wonder how hard it would be to implement > > > ``apt-get install debian'' ... > > > > People might actually install debian if they > > simplified the process, and > > this would make it a lot simpler than the current > > process: > > > > 1. Install Redhat > > 2. Install apt rpms > > 3. as root type: apt-get install debian > > It's actually not terribly hard. No cd's needed. If > you already have Redhat installed, all you need is to > install debootstrap[1]. Just partition and format > your partition (eg. cfdisk /dev/hda; mke2fs -j > /dev/hda3). If you do repartition, reboot. > Then: > > 1. Run debootstrap (eg. /usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch > ARCH woody /mnt/hda3 http://http.us.debian.org/debian) > > 2. chroot into your partition (eg. chroot /mnt/hda3 > /bin/bash) > > 3. mount your proc (eg. mount -t proc proc /proc) > > You now have Debian installed on your system. > > Of course you'll need to > -edit your /etc/fstab, > -add some users (eg. useradd -m -g user bryan), > -configure your bootloader, > -configure your /etc/network/interfaces (eg. auto lo; > iface lo inet loopback; auto eth0; iface eth0 inet > dhcp), > -add a nameserver to your /etc/resolv.conf (eg. > nameserver 192.168.0.1), > -maybe replace stable with testing in your > /etc/apt/sources.list, > -and apt-get a bunch of stuff. > > Feel free to copy some (appropriately modified) > configuration files from Redhat to your new Debian > system --like /etc/fstab and XF86Config. <sarcasm> So simple. So elegent. Why don't more people do it? I don't know. </sarcasm>
I think I'll stick with my Mandrake ;) Bryan P.S. Honestly, I do think that is pretty cool that you can do that, and I'm sure it would be educational and fun. Just don't recommend installing Debian to newbies like Michael Halcrow always half jokingly does. I've seen two different first timers get their intro. to Linux with Debian and both were turned away. One recovered about a year later and now he has redhat on like three computers at home. The other is still recovering, and he looks at me with this underserved awe whenever I mention that I use Linux. It doesn't have to be that hard man, it really doesn't. > > But the cool thing about doing it this way is that you > can be using your fully running Redhat to listen to > your favorite boy-band oggs and be reading Slashdot > /while/ you're downloading and configuring your new > operating system. I did it this way for both Debian > and Gentoo (after stage 1), worked terrific! All for > the modest price of $0.00. > > -Jon Dehdari > > [1] > http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/debootstrap/ > > More information here: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2002/debian-boot-200207/msg00084.html > and here: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
