> I currently am using RedHat and would like to try out debian 1.3. My > problem is that I currently have no working floppy. I grabbed the base > packages from ftp.debian.org(not the disk images). How should I go about > this? I have a formatted ext2 partition already prepared, can I run dpkg > with a false root of /mnt/debian? What order should the base packages be > installed in?
I guess you should try dpkg --root=/mnt/debian -i ... The order you would have to figure out for yourself to satisfy dependencies and pre-dependencies. Alex Y. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
