Bug#542840: Win32 installer only looks for ISO in CD/DVD drive
package:
debian-installer
version:
all
I have confirmed this
behaviour on both standard Lenny ISOs and Squeeze daily build ISOs. Steps to
reproduce:
1. Download a Lenny or
Squeeze ISO (businesscard is fastest, but same occurs with netinst or full CD
images)
2. In Win32, mount the ISO
in a virtual drive (e.g. DaemonTools et al.) - if autostart is enabled the Win32
install-helper pops up, offering to start the install for you. Follow the
prompts to set it up, and the final prompt to reboot.
3. On reboot, the installer
kernel loads but then aborts very quickly because it cannot find the ISO in the
"drive" it expects it to be in.
Steps to work around:
4. Reboot into Windows,
download the hd-media installer and unpack it somewhere.
5. Edit C:\grub.cfg to
point to the kernel and initrd you just unpacked, ignoring the win32-installer's
ones in C:\debian
6. Reboot once more and the
installer starts up quite happily, and finds the ISO image on your C drive so
you can continue.
Would it be possible to
configure the Win32 installer to use the same behaviour as the hd-media
installer? i.e. to look for an ISO in *all* media - optical drives, hard drives,
USB sticks etc. To save time searching you could even ask the user where to look
...
Cheers,
CC
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