On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 04:18:43PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > > > since it seems powerpc boot-floppies 3.0.7 were never built i have > > uploaded a cvs snapshot build for powermac only (sorry uploading 33MB > > over dialup is not my idea of ammusing). > > > > its available at: > > http://penguinppc.org/~eb/debian/powerpc/bf-cvs-snapshot-2001.07.07/ > > > ... > > > > when you get to the `install base system' step switch to VC2 and do > > the following: > > > > cd /usr/sbin > > mv debootstrap debootstrap.real > > cat <<EOF > > #!/bin/sh > > exec debootstrap.real --boot-floppies --arch powerpc --unpack-tarball \ > > /target/basedebs.tgz woody /target null: > > EOF > > chmod 755 debootstrap > > > > This step failed, because we moved debootstrap to debootstrap.real. > Should that have been a copy?
No, it failed because Ethan meant to say cat > debootstrap <<EOF His instructions create a shell-script wrapper, except that it wrote it to the screen instead of to the file. > > then switch back to VC1 and select `Install Base System' tell it to > > install via the network with default/fake/bogus network settings > > (since they will be ignored by our wrapper). it will run the wrapper > > which calls debootstrap with the args we want, dbootstrap will be none > > the wiser and configures the base correctly after debootstrap exits. > > > > I went ahead and tried this, but the please wait ... screen just never left. > > > substitute /target/basedebs.tgz with whatever the path is to the > > basedebs.tgz tarball. -- #define X(x,y) x##y Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , ns.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
