Re: Debian 5.0 armel installation question

[Yegor Yefremov <yegor_sub1@visionsystems.de>]

First trap versatile image is initramfs and not initrd. So I integrated 
the cpio archive into my kernel and booted the Debian installer. But it 
is really netboot. The first thing it makes is to detect network 
hardware. Then networking will be configured so first packages are 
downloaded from one of the mirrors. I don't find any option to make 
installation from the CD/DVD. What is the main difference between 
"cdrom" and "netboot" versions? Can it be configured within cpio via 
changing some scripts or so?

Best regards,
Yegor

Riku Voipio wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 01:09:32PM +0100, Yegor Yefremov wrote:
>   
> > For Etch I used initrd.gz from netwinder, but as far as I understand it  
> > supports only ARM and not EABI ARM. I need a "cdrom" installer and not  
> > the "netboot" one. What were the best way to install Lenny on my device?
> >     
>
> What you want is a versatile image:
>
> http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/
>
> See the unnoficial howto:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Arm/OtherPlatforms
>
> My (limited) impression is that the netboot image should support any debian cd/dvd
> image available, as long as the kernel and bootloader initrd have already been loaded
> via other means.
>
>