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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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