Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

[Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>]

> > > Please elaborate that.
> > > Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? )
> > > What kind of data should be on the other device?
> > 
> > usb stick / compact flash card (e.g. ide to compact flash converter)
> >  will contain only the kernel and initrd so that it can be read-only
> > 
> > nfs will contain all the rest (/ and all files beneath)
> 
> See below.
> 
> > > > That way one can also boot non-pxe systems without any local disk.
> > > If those systems can boot from a USB device,
> > > then there are (at least) two options:
> > > * Install from hdmedia (
> > >  http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/ )
> > 
> > What's that? It's not a .deb package?
> 
> Nope, no .deb package. You can use .deb packages _after_ installation.
> 
> More information about hd-media is
> at http://www.nl.debian.org/releases/etch/i386/apas02.html.en#howto-getting-images-usb
> it starts with:
> | It's also possible to install from removable USB storage devices.

Yes, to install from removabble usb devices.
But I was looking for: boot from a usb device and mount the rootfs from
nfs. That way one has a cheap diskless boot alternative.


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