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diff --git a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml index 9cea04700..110fd0272 100644 --- a/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml +++ b/en/appendix/chroot-install.xml @@ -87,17 +87,31 @@ The tool that the Debian installer uses, which is recognized as the official way to install a Debian base system, is <command>debootstrap</command>. It uses <command>wget</command> and <command>ar</command>, but otherwise depends only on -<classname>/bin/sh</classname>. Install <command>wget</command> and +<classname>/bin/sh</classname> and basic Unix/Linux tools<footnote> + +<para> + +These include the GNU core utilities and commands like <command>sed</command>, <command>grep</command>, <command>tar</command> and <command>gzip</command>. + +</para> + +</footnote>. Install <command>wget</command> and <command>ar</command> if they aren't already on your current system, then download and install <command>debootstrap</command>. -</para><para> +</para> + +<!-- The files linked to here are from 2004 and thus currently not usable +<para> If you have an rpm-based system, you can use alien to convert the .deb into .rpm, or download an rpm-ized version at <ulink url="http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/debootstrap"></ulink> -</para><para> +</para> +--> + +<para> Or, you can use the following procedure to install it manually. Make a work folder for extracting the .deb into: |