Re: Daily build netinst documentation

[Touko Korpela <touko.korpela@iki.fi>]

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:12:12AM +0300, Touko Korpela wrote:
> I'm planning to install wheezy using netinstall, but not always wanting to use
> "cutting edge" daily installer build (or is it required at this stage of
> wheezy cycle?).
> 
> http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/   ...links to:
> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/  ...that offers downloads
> with "installer build from sid"
> 
> What's the difference between "installer build from wheezy" and "installer
> build from sid"?
> You should tell what ""wheezy" uses the last known-good d-i image from the archive
> (aka squeeze release at the moment)." means.
> Does it use old squeeze kernel during install (2.6.32) or wheezy (3.x) and has it any
> new features compared to squeeze installer (apart that it installs wheezy by
> default)?

I looked inside of both images and it looks like they use 3.x kernel, good.
What about btrfs support and wlan card support (unsecured or with WPA)?
I know that firmware files have to be given with separate media.