On Wed 22 Oct 2014 at 04:19:35 -0700, Rusi Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:50:05 PM UTC+5:30, Brian wrote: > > > No amount of modification will allow an installation from a netinst > > image or CD-1 to complete successfully. > > If you say so :-)
I do say so. > I find it hard to believe though... In such situations it is best to try it, wouldn't you agree? I'll even give you a grub stanza to adjust for your needs. menuentry "jessie-DI-b2-i386-netinst" { loopback loop (hd1,msdos1)/boot/isos/debian-jessie-DI-b2-i386-netinst.iso linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz initrd (loop)/install.386/initrd.gz } It would be nice (and might help the OP) if you reported what happens and declared yourself a believer. :) > [BTW: With ubuntu booted as above I did notice one problem: > It crashes/hangs on the partitioning stage even if there's > no new partitioning to do. > ] That's one for Ubuntu support. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/22102014140523.1430c4feb...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk