On Wed 08 May 2013 at 19:59:02 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote: > Hi Harry, Brian and others,
Hello Julian, > > It is far less convenient than booting from an isohybrid and only works > > with a netinst ISO if the user is prepared to jump through a number of > > small diameter hoops and coerce d-i into co-operating. > > actually, it is way easier than you make it sound ;) > Also, it works with any Debian .iso, just sayin'. All the Debian ISOs are isohybrids, so cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX and you are on your way to a no fuss installation. A simple one line easily remembered command. Couldn't be easier. > You only have to jump through one hoop, you have to skip the installer > step "Detect and mount CD-ROM" and do that manually. After you worked > around that, you can continue the installation the normal "by-the-book" > way. I'm rather fond of GRUB's loopback mode but the netinst ISOs or CD-1 are not geared to being booted in this way to allow a normal install to proceed without the user intervening. An inexperienced but willing user trying it without detailed instructions would likely end up saying 'doesn't work'. Technically you are correct; if you can manually mount the ISO held on the device you can continue. But with hd-media the mounting is done for you from within d-i as a matter of course, so why bother with the extra steps of mounting or bindmounting. I do not consider loopback mode (the subject of the mail I replied to) to offer any advantage over this method or the one described above. -- 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/20130508230629.GR25306@desktop
