[clug] A simple question

Andrew Janke a.janke at gmail.com
Wed May 4 06:26:36 MDT 2011


On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 22:11, Andrew Janke <a.janke at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This might help?
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux#Without CD
>
> Ah! much better. Why didn't I think of that!?  given that I use
> debootstrap all the time to make deb packages.

All seems to work, steps for the future googlers that don't quite
match the guide above:

* get the new version of debootstrap

Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list

   deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-backports main
universe multiverse restricted

* install it

   # apt-get update
   # apt-get install debootstrap

--- make a new partition as per the guide ---

* run debootstrap

   # debootstrap --arch amd64 natty /mnt/installer
http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu

Don't know why it was detecting the architecture wong?  I also use
iinet so disregard that last argument and replace it with something
more appropriate for your own uses.

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