Package: debian-installer Severity: normal I had a similar experience.
I followed instructions from chapter 4.3.2. Manually copying files to the USB stick of the documentation: http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/ch04s03.html.en I used zcat to copy this boot.img.gz onto my usb stick: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer- amd64/current/images/hd-media/ then I added the amd64 squeeze iso file I got from: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_rc2/amd64/iso-cd/debian-squeeze- di-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso Then I went through the installation process until the scan for iso step, where the installer failed to find the iso. I cringed and flailed my arms for there was no option to manually enter the location of the iso file, I know where it is and don't want to go through the hassle of having the installer deep search my 8TB of disk space. I launched a terminal, confirmed that the iso file was sitting in /hd-media and cancelled the installation. Then upon further inspection, I found out I've been using the wrong boot.img.gz all along, I only thought I had the one linked above but in fact I was using the i386 one. I had several web pages open and click one thinking i was in another. I started over and it worked. I fixed my own stupidity but still automated scan is nice but imho it could be useful to offer an option to manually enter the path to the iso. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.37-0.slh.12-aptosid-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110129183006.5290.17189.reportbug@localhost
