From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from nskntmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com (nskntmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com [61.9.168.143]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D0C3C1A519 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:19:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com ([124.189.85.102]) by nskntmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20101012011901.WOEW5331.nskntmtas03p.mx.bigpond.com@nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com> for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:19:01 +0000 Received: from localhost ([124.189.85.102]) by nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20101012011900.UUIS25056.nskntotgx01p.mx.bigpond.com@localhost> for ; Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:19:00 +0000 Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:19:03 +1100 From: Luke Yelavich To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Install Debian from within another distro Message-ID: <20101012011903.GA4447@strigy> References: <4CB3AFD8.6000509@yahoo.com.br> <4CB3B5F6.3090605@tysdomain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CB3B5F6.3090605@tysdomain.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150201.4CB3B784.0139,ss=1,fgs=0 X-SIH-MSG-ID: rB47EtP8TAD0zmZ50TCxOw4nyF2wq3gv8Z4QX81loRMGREPduMHcU67mJrM+ksr21TxcNhuPP2gqY6z0X4/QsuM= X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 01:19:03 -0000 On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:12:22PM EST, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > You can use debootstrap from any distro or grml comes built with it, > just boot to grml, and your set. > Make your directory to mount. > Make your partitions > mount the partitions > mount --bind /dev dir/dev > mount--bind /proc dir/proc > debootstrap lenny dir > chroot dir /bin/bash (Ithink that is the right order) > install your kernel and grub, set root password with passwd root, set up > /etc/network/interfaces. > you can also grab speakup, and install that. Just make sure you change > the KERNELDIR from the uname -r to the actual directory that it points > to, because uname-r will return the GRML running kernel. You also need to set up /etc/hosts, /etc/fstab, install/configure locales and configure your keyboard layout. There is likely more that I can't think of at the moment... Luke