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Re: debian image questions



On Thu, 3 Aug 2023 at 15:59 -0000, debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:

> I suspect you both may be misinterpreting the OP's question. I think
> he is asking about doing a net install without needing to start with
> a USB stick or similar.
>
> AIUI the issue is that the installer is started by booting the
> system into it, so some bootable device is needed to boot from.
> Whether it would be possible for some application to be written for
> linux and/or Windows and/or MacOS etc that downloaded the installer
> and booted into it I don't know, but I see some obvious
> difficulties.

Installing Debian without additional physical devices is possible.  It
requires running/modifying DHCP, TFTP and possibly other services on
another system (I guess that does actually mean additional hardware).

See: https://wiki.debian.org/PXEBootInstall

I have done this in the past.  Just using a bootable USB stick is much
easier.

Stuart
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