Customing d-i is so hard. Many things confused me on the documents. Cannot I just start with debootstrap?
On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:31:21 -0400 (EDT), "Magicloud Magiclouds" wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: >>> On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:38:14 -0400 (EDT), "Magicloud Magiclouds" wrote: >>>> >>>> May I have a document about manually preparing a Debian system? >>> >>> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual >>> >>> or >>> >>> http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/installmanual >> >> I am not quite sure. Is this the document for debian-installer? > > Yes, it is. >> >> How if >> I do not want to use a special "install disk"? Or you mean I have to >> make an install disk myself? > > There are a number of different installation methods available. They > are described in the installation instructions. Use the one that > suits you best. What I usually do is take the "netboot" mini.iso > image and "burn" it to a CD-R. Then I boot from the CD. But there are > other alternatives. For example, you can make a bootable USB stick, > commonly called a "thumb drive", and boot from it. There are other > installation methods that allow the installer to be started from a > pre-existing Unix or Linux system, or from a Windows system. Years > ago, you could also create a bootable floppy disk and boot from a > floppy. But that installation method is no longer supported. Etch > is the last release that supported "boot floppy" installation. In > short, there's no substitute for reading the directions. > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1437876200.28788.1284214573556.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com > > -- 竹密岂妨流水过 山高哪阻野云飞 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikrobtjwz_szcumcf6lqqn7moeupr5agmrjf...@mail.gmail.com
