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LNX-BBC 1.618 provides an experimental Debian installer.
This installer REQUIRES A NETWORK to download components of the Debian
operating system.
Both of these ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK, although we welcome your
comments and expect to refine the installer's functionality over time.
This installer IS EXPERIMENTAL and should only be used by experienced
Debian users who already understand how to fix a broken system.
dbootstrap.sh
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This script uses a slight variant on the standard Debian potato installer
(dbootstrap). You can invoke it with "dbootstrap.sh" (and you can even
run it in an xterm). You must have networking working before you start
dbootstrap.sh.
At press time, most of the installer features worked properly, but the
standard Debian kernel and modules were not compatible with the BBC
versions. Accordingly, we intend to provide BBC kernel and module
packages on zork.net (64.81.65.8) in a form which dbootstrap can use.
Before trying a network install with dbootstrap.sh, please find out
what's going on with the kernel and modules. (You can try running
"news", visiting our web page, or joining our mailing list.)
You can then try to get the base system, as well as kernel and
modules, from http.us.debian.org (as of publication, any of the
addresses 209.10.41.242, 141.213.4.21, 192.25.206.10, 35.9.37.225).
For some reason, dbootstrap does not appear to be able to do DNS
lookups. Thus, having the IP addresses of HTTP servers which will
be used during installation may be important.