On Tue 26 Jul 2011 at 13:38:14 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > However, I wonder why I'd have to use a 16 MB iso image for a usb > stick, rather than a regular install image.
Wonder why no longer; read *all* the messages in this thread; recognise the power of an iso-hybrid image. :) > I imagine installing > from this above minimal image would be difficult. Only without net access. > I also found in the documentation (2.4 Installation Media) an entry for > USB sticks (2.4.3. USB Memory Stick) which seems to assume that systems > with only USB sticks (and not dvds or cdroms) must be tiny, which given > laptops nowadays is not the case. There also was an entry in 2.4.1. > CD-ROM/DVD-ROM that states "USB CD-ROM drives are also supported, as > are FireWire devices that are supported by the ohci1394 and sbp2 > drivers." So, I don't know if the regular iso image that was intended > for dvds or cdroms (IE, the netinst image) can be used with a > usb-stick or not . . . . . You would know if you read *all* the messages in this thread. :) > . . . . But, contrary to some of the > other posts on this topic, the regular netinst images do seem > distinctly to be for cdrom/dvd, rather than usb-stick (see > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/). No. But you have to read *all* the messages in this thread to understand why. -- 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/20110726190407.GH29162@desktop
