RE: installing from a debian live cd

[Don Raikes <DON.RAIKES@oracle.com>]

Daniel,

Finally getting back to this :-)

Do you know if the live installer is accessible? The regular debian installer works well since it brings up the brltty interface initially, so a blind user who has a braille display can use it. Does the live installer do the same thing?

Also is there a way from within a running live system to perform the install rather than doing it on boot?

Part of my issue is that I have a laptop and when I boot the regular lenny install cd/dvd, the usb drivers are not installed in time, so my usb keyboard and usb braille display don't work with the installer so I am hoping I can get the livecd to install for me instead.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Baumann [mailto:daniel@debian.org]
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:35 PM
> To: Debian Live
> Subject: Re: installing from a debian live cd
> 
> 
> Don Raikes wrote:
> > Hello,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I have been "playing" with live-helper over the last week, 
> but the one thing I can see taht I feel is missing is an 
> install from live media option.
> 
> set LH_DEBIAN_INSTALLER=live or use lh_config --debian-installer live
> 
> that will put debian-installer on the same image, including
> live-installer (a udeb which makes d-i install the squashfs instead of
> using the regular debootstrap).
> 
> note that it has a few outstanding issues (e.g. timezone may not
> correctly be set in some cases), which is why we don't offer prebuilt
> images with it yet. bug reports welcome.
> 
> Regards,
> Daniel
> 
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