Bug#820639: usb-bootable ISO image

2016-04-10 Thread kurn
Package: debian-reference Version: 2.50 I tried to boot the ISO image (wheezy) from USB, but it failed. I'm using old hardware, 5 yrs at least. A word about this would be helpful in the reference -- perhaps even a work-around. Have a look at: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=75

Bug#820637: indirect e-mail

2016-04-10 Thread kurn
Package: debian-reference Version: 2.50 I was unable to use direct e-mail at the time of my Debian installation, so I couldn't report bugs in a straightforward way. I did a workaround by composing the message on one machine, then mailing it from another. Add citation of 5.4.7 for those using an

Bug#820636: about an ISO image symlink

2016-04-10 Thread kurn
Package: debian-reference Version: 2.50 I found that, because of difficulty booting from DVD, I had to put the ISO image in a place not expected by debian-installer. A symlink solved this, but I had to discover that /media was the directory to point to. A word about this in the reference would b

Bug#755230: report

2014-07-18 Thread Andrew Kurn
Package: installation-reports Boot method: Hard disk Image version: an ISO image. I still have it, if you can tell me how to extract its identity. Date: 10 July 2014 Machine: Dell tower. 5 years old, at least Processor: Intel Memory: 512 MB Partitions: Filesystem