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Re:Canonical shows ads in the Ubuntu CLI by exDM69 on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @04:36AM (#33174390)
> Arch actually has a guide to do it from within the other Linux, which seems crazy and fun.

It's not as crazy as it sounds, after all installing a Linux system is a matter of populating the rootfs, and passing kernel+initrd images to the bootloader. Just regular file system operations, apart from actually installing the bootloader to the MBR.

You can install Debian-based distros the same way using the "debootstrap" script.

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Re:Canonical shows ads in the Ubuntu CLI by adamzegelin on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:21AM (#33174956)
> installing the bootloader to the MBR

You mean copying bootx64.efi onto the ESP, right?

It's 2022... MBR is beyond ancient at this point!

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