In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hartmut Koptein writes: >> Is it possible to bootstrap into Debian by >> installing (from MkLinux, for example) onto >> a blank partition (say, by untarring a tar >> file)?
>Direkt bootstrapping isn't possible (for hd). Untaring to harddisk and startin >g >is not possible, because the /etc/fstab doesn't exist and also for e.p. quik >doesn't know from where it should boot. Once I get it untar'd onto the partition, I can create an /etc/fstab using an editor from mklinux. Then I should be able to use bootx to find the kernel, right? (There is a kernel in the base set, right?) >This is different to floppy or ramdisk, we know then where it is. > >Bootstrapping from another os then linux (for powerpc) is also possible, >but i don't know enough for this (yet). What I'm thinking of is starting from MkLinux and using it to put debian on another partition. Phil
