Re: Install from writeable USB
On Sun 31 May 2015 at 11:54:51 -0700, Charles Chambers wrote:
> I have a set of Dell Optiplex 620's for which I'd like to install Debian
> entirely hands off from a writeable USB stick. It would seem to me that
> preseeding would figure into this process.
All USB sticks are writable. Please explain why you see "writable" as a
crucial aspect for what you want to do. Have you actually installed Debian
hands-on?
> The problem I'm running into is that the isohybrid images are write only
I think you mean the images are "read-only". This doesn't prevent the
stick from being writable.
> (when you dd them to a USB stick), and I can't find anything else that
> leads me in the right direction - which would be installing Debian from
> a writable USB stick.
>
> Has no one done this before? It's pretty common in the Windows world.
It's very common in Debian too. In what way was the advice you have
previously received not guided you to a solution?
> If the netinst image is the starting point, are any packages included
> with the image that shouldn't be strictly necessary just to accomplish
> the install and apt? System utilities and KDE desktop both are
> variables when one is preseeding...
What has this to do with what you want to accomplish?
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