Bug#542840: Win32 installer only looks for ISO in CD/DVD drive
On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:26:42AM +0100, Chris Carr wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 21:51 +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
>
> > > Would it be possible to configure the Win32 installer to use the same
> > > behaviour as the hd-media installer?
> >
> > The win32 installer doesn't implement this behaviour. It merely setups
> > the system to boot the D-I that came with the CD.
> >
> > If the D-I that came with the CD is a CD installer, it will behave like a
> > CD installer. If it's an hd-media installer, it'll behave like an hd-media
> > installer, etc.
> >
> > If it's useful to D-I, it could preseed a debconf parameter to let D-I know
> > it's being run by win32-loader, but what you want can't be done by win32-loader
> > itself.
>
> Thanks for the explanation. It just seems to me that one downloads an
> ISO, and we should no longer assume than an ISO is only used as a
> physical CD. So the installer should not assume that it is running from
> a physical CD, and should include hd-media's behaviour.
I tend to agree, but this decision is implemented by D-I. As win32-loader
maintainer there's little I can do about it (so no need to CC me in further
replies).
HTH
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Robert Millan
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