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Bug#596907: installation-reports: mostly successful squeeze install from USB stick



Quoting mfidelman@ntcorp.com (mfidelman@ntcorp.com):

> yes to the language/country/keyboard/network questions - but no
> splash screen or other opportunity to select an install mode

Hmmm, sure, that's maybe a limitation of the way USB boot devices are
built (kernel+initrd+iso image). There's then no nice boot menu. Not
even a boot prompt?


> Understood.  I've always thought that grub=PITA.  grub2 looks like
> PITA in spades.  Sigh :-(
> 
> Might make things pretty difficult for folks with tricky
> configurations (like mine) - raid, xen, etc.  Between using volume
> UUIDs to identify disks, and the switch to grub2, with its
> completely new configuration model, squeeze is starting to look like
> a particularly tricky upgrade from Lenny.

There were already major PITAs with Lenny, particularly when it comes
at complex device setups. So, well, maybe some problems were moved
from one place to another but I wouldn't say that things are worse
than they were for lenny.


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