Hi Pascal!
On 2025-02-12 21:58, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
On 12/02/2025 at 21:18, Holger Wansing wrote:
mag...@autistici.org wrote (Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:24:35 +0000):
The installation report below didn't make it to the list even
though I attached the syslog and partman files compressed.
The total mail size is almost 400 kB. I guess it is above the mailing
list limit. Maybe this limit should be raised, given that this list
receives bug reports which may contain big attachments such as
installation logs or screenshots ?
Yes please!
Currently, when installing from a DVD (image), the sources.list
entry for this DVD is left untouched after installation, so it is
expected to have package sources available via DVD for the next
package update.
I think this is intended for use cases, where installation is done
without an active internet connection, so on machines or regions,
where
a permanent internet connection is not usual. (Such sort of
installation
can work well indeed, if you use a DVD, since that media can store
lots
of packages.)
When installing from a netinst image, or a live image, the relevant
sources.list entry is disabled automatically at the end of
installation.
For DVDs you need to do this by hand (as you mentioned). Or, when you
use the expert install option, you are asked about this.
I suspect that nowadays most people use USB sticks as installation
media instead of DVDs. However in my experience apt cannot
automatically use a USB stick because it expects the installation media
to be an optical disc mounted on /media/cdrom, and USB drives are
usually mounted in /media/$USER/ by default.
So maybe the installer should also disable the cdrom entry in
sources.list automatically when the installation media is a USB drive ?
Yes please!
Thank you, Magnus
