On 5/20/23 22:09, Charles Curley wrote:
On Sat, 20 May 2023 18:45:13 +0200
Tomasz Wolak <tomas.wo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Debian installer, despite the fact that it contains nbd kernel
modules, was lacking the nbd-client, an application that would allow
to actually set the remote-attached device up and available for
installation. And the nbd-client had to be dug _manually_ from a udeb
package (the one from regular Debian does not work as installer
environment does not have some libraries) and, of course, transferred
_manually_ through network to the installation system.
Is this the sort of thing you could script and do right after the
installation?
Not really, this problem is _during_ the installation. The nbd-client is
needed to configure the device to which the system will be installed.
(It is not about some local VM installation, in which one could do
anything locally having a complete system available; it is about
installation on bare metal hardware via network, using the generic
Debian (network) installer).
