Debian install media issue
Please forgive me if this is the incorrect area to forward my concerns to, I've been working on this issue for months and
been told by many people they weren't the right person to speak to about it. If you know who can process this email, I'd
appreciate you forwarding it!
I'm writing about an issue with the Debian ISO image. On your web page
https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/
where we can download the current images, there's some errata at the bottom of the page that reads
"Potential issues with UEFI booting on amd64...There have been some reports of issues booting the Debian Installer in
UEFI mode on amd64 systems...As a workaround for now, try switching off UEFI and installing using Legacy BIOS or
Fallback mode instead." Here's the problem: There's no way of switching UEFI boot ON.
There is a desperate need of a 64-bit Wheezy netinst ISO that does not offer standard and EFI boot options, but offers
EFI boot only, a forced EFI boot. There are many servers that have EFI but the Debian installer does not recognize it.
Therefore the disc boots normally, creating an image on the hard drive that can never be accessed by the server.
Personally, I have a whole room full of servers like this that I can't install Debian on... but have a need to. Can this be a
soon-to-be future option for Wheezy? It's needed BADLY.
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