Mike Martin wrote: > I'm (still) trying to install Debian on an SGI Octane. Unfortunately, > I can't Netboot. I can however boot using Gentoo's Live X-RC6 disk.
Netbooting an Octane works quite well, altough it needs to boot into a nfsroot. The live > I need help using this to install Debian. > > I've tried following the instructions for using debootstrap manually, > however I can't properly unpack the archive. The problem is that the > system is running from a Live CD and thus most of the tree (/usr, > /bin, /sbin, /opt, /lib, /boot) is symlinked to a read-only > filesystem. Is there any way to unpack the archive somewhere else > (/tmp?) and still have it function? Basically: mkdir /target fdisk /dev/sda # Create partitions for / and swap, do _not_ place /boot on a separate # partition, make sure the DVH header has enough space for several kernels mke2fs -j /dev/sda1 mkswap /dev/sda2 mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /target debootstrap sarge /target chroot /target # Customize /etc/inittab, /etc/fstab, /etc/network/... to fit your system umount /target # Adjust the arcload configuration taken from the live CD to boot from disk. # Copy the arcload binary, configuration, and the kernel image to the # disk's DVH (with dvhtool). # Reboot from disk Thiemo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
