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- From: SCHLIGHW@dosuni1.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de (Hans Schligtenhorst)
- Subject: Re: Installing Packages from HD - how ?
- Message-ID: <16B4F103BD.SCHLIGHW@dosuni1.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de>
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- References: <1993Jan06.013328.7683@buchonia.rhoen.in-berlin.de>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 17:28:05 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan06.013328.7683@buchonia.rhoen.in-berlin.de>
- horke@buchonia.rhoen.in-berlin.de (Bernhard Kroenung) writes:
-
- >Hy
- >
- >is it possible to install packages from HD (mounted DOS-Partition) instead
- >of installing every single disk. Just put all the files in a directory and
- >the "sysinstall -instsrc /mounted/dos/partition" should work - but how ?
- >
- >
- Hi,
-
- - untar the SLS-tar-file.
- - rawrite or dd the disks a1 and a2 to disk
- - boot with disk a1 and disk a2
- - mount your dos-disk
- - mkdir a subdir called a2 in the SLS-tree (rename the a2-file you copied
- to disk). Attention: ist has to be in the subdir, where a3 and a4 are.
- - copy the mounted disk (a2 is now inserted!) to this new subdir (I think,
- only the subdir including the .taz-files have to be copied).
- - fdisk and mkfs the disk, if it is not be done yet.
- - and now: sysinstall with the given options will work from hd!
-
- Sounds a bit complicate, but if you examine the structure of the SLS-tree,
- which will be build, when you untar the SLS.tar-file, then it will be
- clear. The hurdle is a2, it is a file instead of a subdir. So you have to
- dd it to disk, rename the file and make an analog subdir with the .taz-
- contents etc.
-
- By the way: I did it this way and it worked. Oh, I wrote this list from
- my brain and I hope, I didn't miss anything.
-
- A last hint: look into /bin/doinstall and /bin/sysinstall, it will help
- a lot. Oh, I missed the bootable disk! Finally you have to dd the /Image
- to disk and "rdev /dev/hda1 /" or "rdev /dev/hd?? /". Then it will work.
- Booting from HD will work via lilo, but it's another chapter ;-)
-
- Hope it will help
-
- Hans
- ---
- Hans Schligtenhorst ! Hey, my computer is a musician.
- schlighw@dosuni1.rz.uni-osnabrueck.de ! The hd squeaks in C-major ...
-