On 9/1/24 06:15, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sun, Sep 01, 2024 at 01:19:45 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
On 8/31/24 23:16, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 11:15 PM David Christensen wrote:
On 8/30/24 20:48, John Conover wrote:
What does a "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso" do
with an .iso?
Yes -- but the command in the given string is "debian", which is not a valid
command.
Stop being so blindly literal. It's pretty obvious to *most* of us
that John was referring to an .iso file, presumably one that he had
downloaded, and now was asking what to do with.
I agree that the question is broken. Answering it literally points out
that fact and sets the stage for the rest of my post.
So many of the replies in this thread have been disappointing.
There is a saying I heard while working in the electrical construction
trade:
"Doing things right is a matter of experience. Experience is a matter
of doing things wrong."
-- Unknown
The best reply would be to point John to the Debian Installation Guide:
<https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/>
Specifically, Chapter 4, "Obtaining System Installation Media":
<https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch04.en.html>
This tells you what to do with the .iso file, if you're already on a
Linux system with appropriate hardware. It also links to the Debian CD
FAQ, which contains hints on what to do on non-Linux systems.
I reviewed chapter 4, section 4.3, and subsection 4.3.1 of the "Debian
GNU/Linux Installation Guide", and estimated that the OP needed simpler
and more concise guidance. So, I wrote the rest of my post.
David
