Package: installation-guide Severity: normal Hello,
A colleague wanted to install Debian by starting the debian installer from a USB stick. Reading sections install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml and install-methods/downloading-files.xml, he went for the second method, he downloaded the hd-media boot.img.gz from debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/ but then as an ISO image, he took the only one there, mini.iso, and thus the debian installer told him it couldn't find a valid installation image. Maybe the text should explicitly exclude netboot from the images that can be used (see attached patch), and refer to section install-methods/official-cdrom.xml for downloading netinst/businesscard. Samuel -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Index: en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml =================================================================== --- en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml (révision 60852) +++ en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml (copie de travail) @@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ which will now have <phrase arch="x86">a FAT filesystem</phrase> <phrase arch="powerpc">an HFS filesystem</phrase> -on it, and copy a Debian netinst or businesscard ISO image to it. -Unmount the stick (<userinput>umount /mnt</userinput>) and you are done. +on it, and copy a Debian netinst or businesscard ISO image to it (NOT a netboot +ISO). Unmount the stick (<userinput>umount /mnt</userinput>) and you are done. </para> </sect2>
