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+Debootstrap is used to create a Debian base system from scratch, without
+requiring the availability of dpkg or apt. It does this by downloading .deb
+files from a mirror site, and carefully unpacking them into a directory which
+can eventually be chrooted into.
+It's especially useful if you need to work on debian-like systems without having
+to install them over our beloved Slackware ;-)
+
+As we do not have dpkg, remember to always pass an architecture to debootstrap
+using the --arch switch.