Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> writes:
The default of copying an ISO file to a device is inconvenient for my
peculiar goals.
I want an executable installer resident on an ext4 formatted partition.
It must be possible. A testable installer preceded ISO format.
I'm working thru https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03,
in particular extracting steps for "Manually copying files to the USB
stick — the flexible way".
What reference am I missing?
I've installed Debian a couple of times with debootstrap. Or actually
grml-debootstrap since I had grml on a USB stick for rescue use
anyways. It does need some kind of Linux environment to run in, not
necessarily Debian though.