i'm not sure this is doable, but i'd like to install and run "dpkg" on my FC1 box to build a debian-based ramdisk for an embedded system. that is, i can create a 16M ext2, loop-mounted filesystem, and start to populate it with a minimal linux filesystem -- /bin, /etc, /dev, that sort of thing. i'd also like to install debian packages in that minimal filesystem and while i'm not a debian expert, i'm assuming that the "dpkg" command has an option similar to --prefix or --installroot so i can define where the package actually goes in -- that is, in my mounted filesystem image. so i found a dpkg RPM at www.rpmfind.net, and tried to install it, but was told that it contains the file /usr/sbin/update-alternatives that conflicts with the same file that's part of the chkconfig package. bummer. so, am i on the right path? is there some other approach i should be looking at? pointers gratefully accepted. rday
