Hi, guys, I am downloading a stable release for amd64 from https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst#smallcd, and will follow with changing it to Sid.
I hope everything will work out fine. Thank you. On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 8:34 PM Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:02:56 +0100 > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Are you saying that mini.iso does not contain a proper repository > > > > The mini.iso contains the bare minimum to start d-i and connect to a > > network to obtain everything else. > > Correct as far as it goes.... > > > > > > and that's why it fails? > > > > No archive to communicate with - no installation with the moni.iso. > > Not entirely. With no networking, the mini installer will make a bare > minimum installation from its build-in micro-repository. All packages > will be as of the date of the CD, of course. > > If that bare minimum gives you enough to reboot and set up the network, > you can go from there, manually installing whatever else you wish. > > If that bare minimum doesn't give you enough, you have some finagling > to do. > > If you need firmware to reboot, install with the "unofficial" mini > which includes firmware. > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/ >
