On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 05:08:59AM +0000, Ryan Curtis Weal wrote: > Greetings all, > > I've started a second linux partition on my system and I would like to > make it into an alternate boot partition. I do not know how to > copy /dev files (among others) to mirror the file system. I imagine that > would also have problems because /usr/bin files would not be around for > startup scripts. So... > > I would like to do a new Woody installation on this new partition with > it's own feature set. > > However, I installed from an HFS-compatible booter, and it appears my HFS > booter will not work on an ext2 volume. > > Is there a Debian booter/install script that will run on an ext2 drive > for PowerPC systems? Can I use the same swap space? Any other > suggestions?
You don't say which kind of PowerPC you have, oldworld or newworld. ext2 is a type of file system, not a type of drive; file systems are installed partition-by-partition. There is a detailed explanation of how to install Debian from another Linux system in the install manual; it is easier than you anticipate: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net
