Dan Hitt composed on 2021-01-20 20:31 (UTC-0800): > Or perhaps there's some other way to approach the problem?
I can't recall ever installation of any Debian except by the NET method. The only things I download prior to beginning installation on a system with a working Grub is the NET installation kernel and initrd. My most recent ones had approximately this stanza in custom.cfg: menuentry "Install Debian via HTTP" { search --no-floppy --label --set=root p03res linuxefi /deb10/linux showopts vga=791 --- netcfg/get_hostname=myhost netcfg/get_domain=mydomain.net netcfg/disable_autoconfig=true netcfg/get_ipaddress=192.168.yada/24 netcfg/get_gateway=192.168.yada netcfg/get_nameservers=1.1.1.1 netcfg/confirm_static=true tasks=standard base-installer/install-recommends=false initrdefi /deb10/initrd.gz } There may be more options there than actually needed. They're much easier to delete at boot than to remember to add any possibly needed. Likewise I don't remember which were actually used except the basics. I use only CAT6 ethernet except for Roku, FireTV Stick and the like. -- Evolution as taught in public schools, like religion, is based on faith, not on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/