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How can I make deboostrap'd system use host system tar?

Asked by David Jaša

Related to bug #539814 - I'm installing lucid on etch system with 2.6.18 kernel. How can I make debootstrap use newest tar package (or the one I build manually) instead of defective one in repository?

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Keith Ward (kward) said : 		#1

If remember correctly when I encountered this, the way I found around the problem was either to bootstrap karmic first, and then update it to lucid once your inside it, or update to say: Lenny (which is the new debian stable), and then debootstrap lucid from there, as long as the host system has a kernel version > 2.6.22 you shouldn't encounter a problem.

HTH,

Keith

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Keith Ward (kward) said : 		#2

If remember correctly when I encountered this, the way I found around the problem was either to bootstrap karmic first, and then update it to lucid once your inside it, or update to say: Lenny (which is the new debian stable), and then debootstrap lucid from there, as long as the host system has a kernel version > 2.6.22 you shouldn't encounter a problem.

HTH,

Keith

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Ken Sharp (kennybobs) said : 		#3

Debootstrap can handle file:/ URI as source mirrors. If you don't want to untar then you could mount the tar with a FUSE tool.

However, if you already have a tar then why do you need to bootstrap?

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