Re: [SLUG] Installing debian variants into a file

From: Joe Brandt (vzd1s11k@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Dec 03 2008 - 16:49:53 EST


Is there a reason you do not just install another hard drive? They are cheap
enough.
> Does anyone know if debian-installer can be coaxed into installing the
> system to a file on another filesystem? The trick is, the file would be
> living on an XFS volume... I know how to create a target filesystem, and
> how to boot it with grub, but I'm worried about the installer itself and
> all the magical scripts that go along with the distro.
>

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Joe Brandt
Microsoft Free and Loving it!!
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