On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:26:42AM +0100, Chris Carr wrote: > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 21:51 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > Would it be possible to configure the Win32 installer to use the same > > > behaviour as the hd-media installer? > > > > The win32 installer doesn't implement this behaviour. It merely setups > > the system to boot the D-I that came with the CD. > > > > If the D-I that came with the CD is a CD installer, it will behave like a > > CD installer. If it's an hd-media installer, it'll behave like an hd-media > > installer, etc. > > > > If it's useful to D-I, it could preseed a debconf parameter to let D-I know > > it's being run by win32-loader, but what you want can't be done by > > win32-loader > > itself. > > Thanks for the explanation. It just seems to me that one downloads an > ISO, and we should no longer assume than an ISO is only used as a > physical CD. So the installer should not assume that it is running from > a physical CD, and should include hd-media's behaviour.
I tend to agree, but this decision is implemented by D-I. As win32-loader maintainer there's little I can do about it (so no need to CC me in further replies). HTH -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
