Bug#548534: installation-guide: “Copying the files — the easy way” should explicitly exclude netboot
Package: installation-guide
Severity: normal
Hello,
A colleague wanted to install Debian by starting the debian installer
from a USB stick. Reading sections install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
and install-methods/downloading-files.xml, he went for the
second method, he downloaded the hd-media boot.img.gz from
debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-amd64/current/images/ but then as
an ISO image, he took the only one there, mini.iso, and thus the
debian installer told him it couldn't find a valid installation
image. Maybe the text should explicitly exclude netboot from the
images that can be used (see attached patch), and refer to section
install-methods/official-cdrom.xml for downloading netinst/businesscard.
Samuel
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Index: en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
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--- en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml (révision 60852)
+++ en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml (copie de travail)
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@
which will now have
<phrase arch="x86">a FAT filesystem</phrase>
<phrase arch="powerpc">an HFS filesystem</phrase>
-on it, and copy a Debian netinst or businesscard ISO image to it.
-Unmount the stick (<userinput>umount /mnt</userinput>) and you are done.
+on it, and copy a Debian netinst or businesscard ISO image to it (NOT a netboot
+ISO). Unmount the stick (<userinput>umount /mnt</userinput>) and you are done.
</para>
</sect2>
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