On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 06:41, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri 04 Dec 2020 at 22:56:41 +1100, David wrote:
> > 2) And you probably need at least N=2 on an older machine. > > If there is sufficient RAM, the installer offers to load itself > > into RAM which frees up the partition where the iso is, so that it can > > be overwritten by the new install. If the RAM is insufficient this is > > not possible, so the partition where the iso is must be specified > > "do not use" because it is mounted and in use by the installer, so > > the new install must be done into another partition. I would > > deal with this by converting our installer boot partition to a /boot > > partition manually after the install is complete and rebooted > > into the new partition. > I have been using the hd-media installation method with preseeding > at priority-high for many years and never encountered this. It turns > out it was introduced as a consequence of #868900: > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=868900 > The default for iso-scan/copy_iso_to_ram is false, which is why I > never saw it. Thanks for drawing the option to our attention. > Choosing "true" doesn't suit me because hd-media is then unmounted. > All the files I use during an installation, including the critical > preseed.cfg, then become unavailable. Thanks again for sharing interesting info about different work methods.
