Re: Squeeze install hangs reading CD drive
On Tue 15 Feb 2011 at 19:50:47 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> Basically, the installer has now "two personalities" (it can be run from
> a CD/DVD or it can be run from an USB disk) so it should automatically
> and transparently detect the medium where "it lives".
I do wonder whether the installer can really tell the difference
between a CD/DVD and a USB disk.
> Yes, but note that those steps (the ones for writing the image into the
> flash unit) are no longer needed, just a simple "cat" will do the job.
I had the iso 9660 file system written to the disk in mind at the time.
> Do you think that will do the trick? That way for sure it won't find any
> optical device :-?
Not particularly. Surely the optical device is irrelevant?
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