----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Still need advice ALSA/Intel onboard s5520sc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 01:56:38PM -0500, Liz Hare wrote: >> Can anyone suggest any resources to tell me how to use GRML to >> install another distribution? I've only installed Linux from >> installation CDs, so I wouldn't be sure how to proceed. > > I've installed debian on an amd64 system using debootstrap from > grml. Type > > man debootstrap > > to have a look at the manual page. The examples section towards the > end gives you practically a step-by-step. If you're fine with just > running debian 32-bit, grml has a script that will do the install for > you, look at the documentation on the grml site. HTH. Yeah, one thing that getting through an installation like that is that it makes the whole installation process seem a lot less magical. You begin to understand that something like the ubuntu installer is just a point and click interface to stuff you could do yourself at the command line. Practically everything in linux is like that.
