On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Finn Thain wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Petr Stehlik wrote: > > I have just tried to install Debian but I don't know how to do that. I > > used to be installing from CD images but I can't find any for Etch or > > newer. Please help... > > I used debootstrap to install into an NFS root. If you aren't using NFS, > it shouldn't be too hard to make this howto work for a different setup. > > http://www.telegraphics.com.au/~fthain/howto-debootstrap-etch-m68k.txt
> - Create root directory (or filesystem) > > mkdir /export/etch-m68k-root > > - Populate root directory > > debootstrap --arch m68k --foreign etch-m68k /export/etch-m68k-root > ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian /usr/lib/debootstrap/scripts/etch The scripts have been moved to /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts. I also used etch-m68k instead of etch. Don't know whether it really matters, as both etch and etch-m68k are symlinks to sid. > - Provide some settings under new root directory: > > etc/resolv.conf > etc/hostname > etc/hosts ^^^^^^^^^ Fully explained below > etc/network/interfaces Make sure to use static information, as DHCP doesn't work well with NFS root. > - Create etc/hosts for the new etch-m68k host > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 1.2.3.4 newhost > > - Export the root with NFS, e.g. > > $ cat /etc/exports > /export/etch-m68k-root 1.2.3.0/24(sync,rw,insecure,no_root_squash) Is insecure really needed? Recent NFS servers need "{no_,}subtree_check". So I used "(sync,rw,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)". And of course, reload the NFS server: /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server reload Create /dev/console: mknod dev/console c 5 1 -m 600 > - Then run second stage debootsrap > > mount -n /proc > mount -n -o remount,rw / > export PATH You may want to enable swap, e.g.: mknod /dev/hdaX b 3 X swapon /dev/hdaX > /debootstrap/debootstrap --second-stage > > - Then finish setup > > rm -r /debootstrap > /sbin/shadowconfig on > passwd root > tzconfig > date [MMDDhhmm[[CC]YY][.ss]] > > - Install kernel (and/or modules) and other packages > > apt-get openssh-client openssh-server ntpdate gdm less apt-get update apt-get install openssh-client openssh-server ntpdate gdm less Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
