Re: d-i built (but not tested)
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:55:52PM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 01:48:31PM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> >
> > I was under the impression that we had at least one flavour which would
> > allow you to install by downloading stuff from the internet, as in the
> > netboot option, without requiring the use of a local ISO, but I'm not
> > sure which variant that would be.
>
> The nativehd and cdrom main menus are the same:
>
> xxxxxxxxxxx [!] Debian installer main menu xxxxxxxxxx
> x
> x Choose the next step in the install process:
> x
> x Choose language
> x Select a keyboard layout
> x Detect and mount CD-ROM
> x Load installer components from CD
> x Change debconf priority
> x Check the CD-ROM(s) integrity
> x Save debug logs
> x Execute a shell
> x Abort the installation
> x
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The hd-media flavour goes through "detecting hardware to find hard drives"
> and "searching drives for an installer ISO image" stages and seems to
> detect the partitions fine (on the quadra that is -- it doesn't use the
> mac_scsi driver).
I think I tried them all when I reinstalled kullervo, and none of them would
find the ISO image on the harddisk. I had to dig out an external CD-Rom
drive for the installation. Is it really possible to install with an ISO
image on a native partition?
Christian
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