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| -rw-r--r-- | system/debootstrap/README | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/system/debootstrap/README b/system/debootstrap/README index cdd078cf71938..e05eb3c3f75b2 100644 --- a/system/debootstrap/README +++ b/system/debootstrap/README @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -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 ;-) +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. -As we do not have dpkg, remember to always pass an architecture to debootstrap -using the --arch switch. +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. |