-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi otavio, At 15 Nov 08 07:35:39 GMT, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> writes: > > Quoting Kenshi Muto (kmuto@debian.org): > >> After this patch is applied, 'make build_netboot' will build boot.img.gz > >> in dest/netboot/ directory for i386 and amd64 with both text and gtk > >> installers. > >> Because I didn't know well about other architectures, my patch didn't > >> touch them. > > > > Nice. However, as this requires documentation changes, I think this > > should be post-Lenny. > > Kenshi, could you propose a text for it to the installer guide? After seeing installer guide, I think only a few changes are needed. Please see also attached patch against installation-guide r56652. Here are my changes: Section 4.3 Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting 4.3 1st paragraph: > ... packages, possibly in combination with a mirror. This second method is the common. ... packages, possibly in combination with a mirror. [Remove last sentence.] 2nd paragraph: > For the first installation method ... and use the 'flexible way' explained below to copy the files to the USB stick. For the first installation method ... and use the 'easy way' explained below to copy the files to the USB stick. [replace flexible way with easy way.] paragraph before 4.3.1: > Note that the USB stick should be at least 256 MB in size Note that the USB stick should be at least 64 MB (netboot) or 256 MB (hd-media) in size [describe both size.] 4.3.1 1st paragraph: > There is an all-in-one file hd-media/boot.img.gz There is an all-in-one file boot.img.gz [remove 'hd-media/'.] 4.3.1 2nd paragraph: > Note that If you use an hd-media image, note that [This paragraph is applied only for hd-media.] pargraph before 4.3.2: > If you use an hd-media image, you have one more job. After extracting, mount the USB memory stick After that, mount the USB memory stick [ditto.] Section A.2.2 USB memory stick 2nd paragraph: > The easiest way to prepare your USB memory stick is to download > hd-media/boot.img.gz, and use gunzip to extract the image from that > file. Write this image directly to your memory stick, which must be > at least 256 mb in size. Of course this will destroy anything already on > the memory stick. Then mount the memory stick, ... The easiest way to prepare your USB memory stick is to download netboot/ boot.img.gz or hd-media/boot.img.gz, and use gunzip to extract the image from that file. Write this image directly to your memory stick, which must be at least 64 mb (netboot) or 256 mb (hd-media) in size. Of course this will destroy anything already on the memory stick. Compared with that a netboot image takes most installer components from the net, an hd-media image uses a Debian ISO image file. So then mount the memory stick, which will now have a FAT filesystem on it. Next, download a Debian netinst CD image, and copy that file to the memory stick ... [describe both size. describe the difference between netboot and hd-media.] P.S. Of course please check my first patch against debian-installer. Though my build test (build_netboot and build_netboot-gtk, build_all) and boot test (text and gtk) worked on my i386 environment. Thanks, - -- Kenshi Muto kmuto@debian.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAkke/SYACgkQQKW+7XLQPLHZEACfXO5PkiUTDj4QRAHw2I3MFlq2 oAEAnjJQsDJ40l/A3NYWPWD9lpN/r+Bo =GImk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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