On 2/5/21 9:54 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I wish to do custom Debian install on a machine *WITHOUT*:
1. functional mechanical CD/DVD drive.
2. without internet access.
One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all
installation DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight forward
to do a default install after copying dvd1.iso to a flash drive.
Resulting problems include:
1. undesired programs clutter machine (e.g. LibreOffice).
2. project critical software cannot be installed as Synaptic
asks for a non-existent DVD be inserted in a non-existent drive.
You can--and in my opinion, should--purchase an external optical drive.
They cost somewhere in the $20 range.
I have an LG model GP08LU11. It can read and write CD, DVD, and it will
do LightScribe. I don't know if this model is
still available, but LG does have a couple models listed. Putting the
request into Google produces a slew of drives.
--doug
One vendor has a shell program which loop mounts the ISO files in such
a way that *IF* you have the purchased flash drive installed you can
use Synaptic.
The Debian documentation does not appear to describe how apt &/or
Synaptic can access ISO files on dedicated partition.
Are the instructions to create a "local repository" composed of
appropriate ISO files?
TIA
