Richard Owlett <rowl...@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.
