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Re: [PLUG] installing linux virtually
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Could you do this:
install minimal install of each distro
afterwords, use mkisofs to copy the distro to a cd or alternatively
another hard drive
use dd to put all the installs on one hard drive.
Fred Ollinger, who hates pretty do-it-all-for-you (including hose other
installs) installers.
> Im wondering if anyone has every had the experience trying to install a dist
> without the installer. My scenario is i have a large 60gb disk with about 10
> partitions. Ideally I would like to install a different linux dist to each
> partition for packaging. Currently I reboot and install the dist using the
> install cds, the only problem with this is Rh and MDK installer try their
> hardest to take over the system and niavely assume that their install and
> windows are the only two dists there. Google got me about 100 how-tos for
> installing linux dists via the installer, but none for installing without the
> compiler.
>
> Does anyone know of any scripts or ways to glean enough information to do a
> chroot /blah rpm -ivh <rpmlist> ? on a particular partition?
>
> Thanks
> -ian reinhart geiser
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