Re: install -- netboot vs netinst vs businesscard Debian installer CDs

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

On Dec 31, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Stephen Powell wrote:

> On 2009-12-31 at 14:43:44 -0500, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> > That would be netinst, not netboot.
>
> Whatever.  All I can say is that I downloaded
>
> dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
>
> from a public Debian mirror, burned it to a CD-R, and booted from it.
> I then proceeded to install Lenny from a public Debian mirror without
> setting up any special server.  And it worked great.  Why it worked,
> I don't know.  Maybe it wasn't supposed to work.  Maybe it shouldn't
> have worked.  But it did!  Explanations, anyone?


Here's a datapoint...

Today I did the same for the PowerPC version of the netboot/mini.iso  
(13 MB) and used it to install squeeze on my testing PowerMac G4.   
Worked a treat.

And what's really cool is that the businesscard and netinst CD's  
didn't work!  They boot OK, but get seg-faults as soon as the  
installer tries to start up.

Go figure!

Happy "aught-ten" to all!

Rick