On Fri 10 May 2019 at 16:28:09 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Fri 10 May 2019 at 11:04:47 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 08:57:20AM -0600, An Liu wrote: > > > As all knows, redhat 8 was announced available serveral days ago, and > > > i got the DVD iso, and i want to have a try > > > > > We have a solution for debian, as mentioned, use hd-media (vmlinuz, > > > initrd.gz with iso-scan) in step 2 , so it's not a really a problem > > > > > > But this should have share the common ground in installation, isn't? > > > > > > That's why i post my question here. > > > > This makes no sense. If you want to learn how to install Red Hat, you > > should ask a Red Hat mailing list, not a Debian mailing list. > > We had the dubious pleasure of being invited to assist with a Windows > setup a few days ago: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/05/msg00377.html > > Not a squeak of protest from anyone. The poster was "well pleased" with > the help given.
I was pissed off, but I bit my tongue. And you can't get a question about apt answered here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/05/msg00418.html > > We don't know how to install Red Hat. > > I am not sure An Liu is asking for help with installing Red Hat. I understand that. But, because of the earlier post that I mentioned before, https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/05/msg00032.html and the thread where you commented on an overlooked paragraph in https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q:_How_can_I_install_sid_.28unstable.29_with_DebianInstaller.3F I took a look at this page to see if the two ideas were related. That led me nowhere, but further up this page I did see: Q: How to install with boot floppies + netinst.iso mounted as a loop device in the ramdisk from a ext2 partition? A: You can boot the installer directly from a hard disk using LILO or GRUB, and the *hd-media initrd* will find your netinst.iso. See the DebianInstall for details. which takes you up to the DebianInstall page itself. If there were any details here about that Q&A, they seem to have gone. The closest approach to an answer would be Debootstrap, but that has nothing to do with the netinst.iso. But it does seem that a recipe to do what's promised by the Q&A would answer this thread's OP: "Install Debian from Grub+ISO". I think Greg's reference is the closest approach, but again it involves debootstrap rather than the d-i. The Q&A implies that you can jump from Grub into the netinst.iso. The least obvious part is the *hd-media initrd* referred to above. What and where? My interest in this stems from a Laptop on which you are blind until the kernel loads (ie text pours down the screen). No boot selection menu, no CMOS screens, no Grub screens. Cheers, David.
