Bug#764587: installation-reports: After successful installation from usb stick the stick is not recognised on reboot.
Brian
On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 11:00 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> Hello Philip,
>
> I'm assuming that since you did not CC the bug that this is intended to
> be a private mail.
A mistake on my part.
>
> I originally did something like this with the first eight CD images and
> used apt-cdrom. The user user experience with having to mount and
> unmount different images wasn't (IMO) the best, so I re-thought the
> issue.
>
> I have a script, apt-usb. A user types 'apt-usb cups' and is prompted to
> insert the stick. Re-issuing the command mounts the stick, installs the
> packages and unmounts the stick. apt-usb is copied to /target during the
> initial install.
All it needs is for the script to be copied automatically to /target. It
seem as though there a number of private hacks about. With luck we may
get something official this time round. After all there is a slow drift
away from optical discs to usb sticks and these are much more useful in
the poorer parts of the world.
Phil.
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