Brian On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 11:00 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > Hello Philip, > > I'm assuming that since you did not CC the bug that this is intended to > be a private mail.
A mistake on my part. > > I originally did something like this with the first eight CD images and > used apt-cdrom. The user user experience with having to mount and > unmount different images wasn't (IMO) the best, so I re-thought the > issue. > > I have a script, apt-usb. A user types 'apt-usb cups' and is prompted to > insert the stick. Re-issuing the command mounts the stick, installs the > packages and unmounts the stick. apt-usb is copied to /target during the > initial install. All it needs is for the script to be copied automatically to /target. It seem as though there a number of private hacks about. With luck we may get something official this time round. After all there is a slow drift away from optical discs to usb sticks and these are much more useful in the poorer parts of the world. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 phil...@copyleft.co.nz - personal. i...@copyleft.co.nz - business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/1417126083.1643.11.ca...@copyleft.co.nz
