> "/media/cdrom/:Please insert the disc labeled: 'Debian GNU/Linux
> Jessie-DI-rc1
> _Jessie_ - Official RC amd64 NETINST Binary-1 2015-01-09-01:04' in the drive
> '/media/cdrom/' and press enter.
>
See Bug#764587
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om {
mount "/media/usb";
}
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/usb";
where usb was cdrom. Then the the system looks for the installation
media at the usb port.
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al this time round. After all there is a slow drift
away from optical discs to usb sticks and these are much more useful in
the poorer parts of the world.
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Media::MountPath "/media/usb";
(I can't write much code, but I can butcher it.)
I have successfully used the modification to gain repeated access to the
usb installation stick. I would not be possible to add other sticks in
the same way as
apt-cdrom add
or by cdset during the insta
On Thu, 2014-10-09 at 23:32 +1300, Philip Charles wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> Severity: normal
> After successful installation from usb stick the stick is not
> recognised on reboot.
>
> Boot method: usb stick
> Image version: beta 2 installer amd64 DVD1 (copied
u Debian installer can not find the images on a flash
> drive iso, finding only FAT32. NTFS file system more reliable, I would always
> use it, not FAT!
>
>
I don't think that would help, see bug #764587.
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Identical problems were experienced on two other machines with both
32 and 64 bit versions of the usb sticks.
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mage to it.
> >
> > Could you tolerate an extra comma?
>
> Sure!
>
> >+USB stick is large enough — you have the option of copying any
> >+ISO image, even a DVD image, to it.
> >
You will need to mention that the USB stick cannot be used to insta
cted, apt-cdrom add did not recognise the second flash drive.
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lem solved.
FYI. Three CDs were needed for a standard NZ installation. mc and gpm
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On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Frans Pop wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the additional info.
>
> On Tuesday 11 March 2008, Philip Charles wrote:
> > At the switch-over from scanning by cdset to install software.
>
> Right. From the logs I can see that it is actually at the beginning
, the CD reinserted and the installation was
completed.
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APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
sk: ) that could be called by
tasksel on the fifth CD. The Official r1 i386 disc set.
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ng
> to this email.
>
> Debian bug tracking system administrator
> (administrator, Debian Bugs database)
Thanks. Any idea of an eta?
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the net installation question.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64
Locale: LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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ges that people want are on
this DVD.
2. The automatic provision to scan discs and run tasksel after the
reboot, as found in sarge, has been removed.
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mean that it
> won't be fixed. Indeed, I bet that it will be fixed...mostly because
> we certainly cannot release Debian etch (which will fit on something
> like 15 or more CD's) without it to use all its CD's
Christian,
Let's call it a "sig
s.
> > reassign 369456 apt-setup
>
> Bug#369456: debian-installer: Multi disc installation not possible
> Bug reassigned from package `debian-installer' to `apt-setup'.
>
>
> End of message, stopping processing here.
>
> Please contact me if you need assi
Package: debian-installer
Severity: important
Only the first disc of a CD (DVD) set is scanned before the
installation is completed.
It is not possible to scan the other discs before the reboot.
apt-cdrom (add) is not available during the installation on
a second terminal.
I can see no sign of a
re about 3 screens of response messages -
> the last one being about a RAMDISK before the screen becomes a flash of
> letters as above.
>
> Best Regards david..
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Not in yet, unfortunately.
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ks go
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oody release.
>
> I think you want to reassign this to ftp.debian.org then; the boot
> floppies just use whatever's in woody. I have asked aj to force the new
> base-config into woody, but he has not yet replied.
>
1.33.18 is not included in today's ftp pulse :(
Phil.
floppies are setting SUITE to stable then instead of
> using the only other sane choice, woody. I guess this will not be a
> prolem once woody is released.
Not a problem with the CDs. The symlinks stable, testing and unstable
always point the version being built.
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built massive images with debian-cd, but not quite as large as a
DVD. cat'ing the CD images and then running rsync would work. The pseudo
image kit should work as is. I am not certain about jigdo, I have not
used it.
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es. Am I right ?
regards,
junichi
The customer booted from the first CD which means that it would have been
the standard rescue.bin image.
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ny borders, then when it comes to selecting modules there
are borders but using the wrong character set.
2) When I get to the end of the installation the system prompts me to
remove the bootable media, but it hasn't unmounted the CD and therefore
I can't eject it.
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are
slow.
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the closest mirror is probably San Francisco, a mere 10,000 km
(6,000 miles) away. My isp's satellite uplink is there.
In other words, let people choose their mirrors.
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ed vary per client ?
>
> If your uing the same protocol (be that http or ftp) then it shouldnt
> make any difference which client you use.
>
> debootstrap uses wget to install base, apt-get is a bit big for boot
> floppies
>
>
> Glenn
>
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rting the base*.tgz part of the potato b-f to the
Hurd sometime. I have copies of this stacked away _very_ carefully.
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Something went wrong, debootstrap is not in the cvs control dependencies.
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I have just built the rescue and root floppies and I like what I saw.
But I did run into problems. dedootstrap is not listed in the the boot
floppies dependencies. I had to install it before b-f would work.
Now to start butchering b-f for the Hurd.
Phil
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n the
Debian installer which would not require any significant hacking.
I also have good reason to suspect that consultants and the like produce
specialised tarballs for customised installations. These people would
need tools to produce such tarballs.
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o know what to hack to produce the Hurd CDs using a tarball, other people
may not be so fortunate.
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npack that
> and fiddle around with it instead of calling debootstrap.
We have no partitioning tools (amongst other things) for the Hurd, so this
is the way forward in the meantime. Panic over.
Thanks.
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ll is
incorporated into a modified boot-floppies and installed in a more or less
standard way. The same tarball is used by both methods. A medium term
solution as far as the Hurd is concerned is not to move beyond the Woody
boot-floppies and to develop them further if this is needed.
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, David Whedon wrote:
> Thanks for bringing to my attention the problem with Debian boot-floppies cvs.
> I believe the problem to be now fixed. Please try to checkout the woody branch
> again and let me know if you experience difficulties.
>
Working fine.
Phil.
On 3 Mar 2001, Mark W. Eichin wrote:
> > Debian installer area works for me, im using the ssh method.
>
I used ssh last night and it hung on me at the usual place in
boot-floppies.
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a week or so ago and I am on a series of learing
curves.
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> Philip Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It seems unlikely that a complete HURD installation package could be built
> > on the HURD platform for a good six months. IMHO a good interim step
> > would be to aim for a
In about 4 - 5 days I should be available to do some testing for the woody
b-f. How do you want to use me?
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Marcin Owsiany wrote:
> Hmm.. are we going to make hurd boot-floppies for woody?
>
I have already butchered b-f 2.2.17 to produce HURD boot-floppies. I will
admit this kind of experience my be of limited use.
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On 14 Feb 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> I am in need of volunteers -- people who know makefile and have worked
> with boot-floppies before.
My HURDish experience might be of some use to you as a tester.
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On 11 Feb 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Philip Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > You may be stuck with me, but I hope not.
>
> Heh. Well, I don't mind.
***
> Well, I guess there's a question whether we wanna go for Hurd with
> boot-floppies
ebian GNU/HURD.
At present it is possible to build a HURD set of boot-floppies with Linux,
but I have my doubts if we can do it on the HURD platform at the moment.
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created. May be someone might like to
incorporate this into the main stream boot floppies.
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On 23 Jan 2001, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > Does the HURD boot-floppies have this feature of installing
> > grub?
>
> No idea.
No. The HURD boot floppies are based on the Linux ones. But GRUB is used
to boot the the HURD system.
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