On 09/23/2017 10:43 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/19/2017 08:56 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
[snip]
My goal is NOT a "general purpose GNU/Linux".
My goal IS a "thingy/dodad/whatsit" which can perform a single task.
That task would be indistinguishable, to a human at a terminal, from a
standard i
On 09/19/2017 08:56 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/14/2017 09:51 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
I wish to "install" to an arbitrary ext2/ext4 partition in such
a manner
that:
1. Grub2 will recognize it as a legit OS.
Why not install - without quotes - Debian to as few par
My initial goal is a "thingy" which a human at a terminal would not
notice any operational difference from netinst.iso on a CD.
This "thingy" would:
1. *NOT* have any internal assumption of being ISO9660 compliant.
2. intrinsically assume it will be resident on an ext2 device.
3. be recogni
Hi,
Fung4All wrote:
> > > refracta
> As far as I can tell it can make any installation into an iso and the iso
> can install whatever you configure the live into a partition.
Sounds like a generator for Live-ISOs. One would have to try whether it
can carry the Debian installer software from an i
> From: scdbac...@gmx.net
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Fungi4All wrote:
>> "refracta" [...] The most fascinating piece of software
>> or should I say family of sftw. since the time of space invaders.
>
> Can it boot a Debian installation ISO from a disk partition and let
> it beha
Hi,
Fungi4All wrote:
> "refracta" [...] The most fascinating piece of software
> or should I say family of sftw. since the time of space invaders.
Can it boot a Debian installation ISO from a disk partition and let
it behave as if it had booted directly from a whole disk ?
> What is also absur
> From: scdbac...@gmx.net
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> > > xorriso -osirrox on ... -extract / /media/richard/netinst1
>
> i wrote:
>> > (This is just one way to copy the directory tree out of the ISO into
>> > a disk tree. xorriso packs them up and packs t
Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > xorriso -osirrox on ... -extract / /media/richard/netinst1
i wrote:
> > (This is just one way to copy the directory tree out of the ISO into
> > a disk tree. xorriso packs them up and packs them out.)
> I assumed that using xorriso on both ends would give me a "by
On 09/14/2017 09:51 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
I wish to "install" to an arbitrary ext2/ext4 partition in such
a manner
that:
1. Grub2 will recognize it as a legit OS.
Why not install - without quotes - Debian to as few partitions
as possible ?
Because that is NOT my
Richard Owlett writes:
> Yes, I know the subject line looks strange. It's intentional.
> I wish to do something not quite normal ;/
>
> I wish to "install" to an arbitrary ext2/ext4 partition in such a
> manner that:
> 1. Grub2 will recognize it as a legit OS.
> 2. if the partition is on a US
Hi,
Richard Owlett wrote:
> I wish to "install" to an arbitrary ext2/ext4 partition in such a manner
> that:
> 1. Grub2 will recognize it as a legit OS.
Why not install - without quotes - Debian to as few partitions as possible ?
(Can it be forced to touch only one ?)
The system in the ISO can
Yes, I know the subject line looks strange. It's intentional.
I wish to do something not quite normal ;/
I wish to "install" to an arbitrary ext2/ext4 partition in such a manner
that:
1. Grub2 will recognize it as a legit OS.
2. if the partition is on a USB flash drive it will boot normally
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