Re: Question propmted by response to [Re: More USB install-images please!]

2011-09-29 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:14:55 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: (...) >> You should first clarify what's what you have in mind, I'm not seeing >> your goal. >> >> > Started a reply which got longer and longer as I realized not only what > I > had left out but some unspecified (even t

Re: Question propmted by response to [Re: More USB install-images please!]

2011-09-28 Thread Brian
On Wed 28 Sep 2011 at 16:14:55 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Started a reply which got longer and longer as I realized not only what I > had left out but some unspecified (even to myself) assumptions. I also > came across some links that caused me to rethink some issues. I'll post a > better form

Re: Question propmted by response to [Re: More USB install-images please!]

2011-09-28 Thread Richard Owlett
Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:33:29 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [OWLETT SNIPS MUCH] I'm considering moving from Windows to Linux. I've downloaded the iso's of about a dozen distro's chosen on disparate desires. Most, but not all, are Debian based/inspired/... I have fully equipped des

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-27 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Johan Scheepers [110927 14:12]: > On 27/09/2011 19:28, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> jan.o...@agle.no wrote: >> >>> I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. For repeated installations of the same Debian distributions, setting up an approx server on your laptop can

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-27 Thread Johan Scheepers
On 27/09/2011 19:28, Steve McIntyre wrote: jan.o...@agle.no wrote: I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not wasting time,

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-27 Thread Steve McIntyre
jan.o...@agle.no wrote: >I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. >On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed >halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not >wasting time, I dd'ed the netinstall iso onto the stick and

Re: Question propmted by response to [Re: More USB install-images please!]

2011-09-27 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:33:29 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:08:58 +0200, Jan Olav Agle wrote: >> >>> I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and >>> friends. On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. >>> It failed hal

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-26 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 26/09/11 23:08, Jan Olav Agle wrote: > I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. > On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. boot.img.gz is *just* the boot loader. To make it function you *must also* copy an .iso image to the USB-stick - or els

Question propmted by response to [Re: More USB install-images please!]

2011-09-26 Thread Richard Owlett
Camaleón wrote: On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:08:58 +0200, Jan Olav Agle wrote: I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not wasting ti

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-26 Thread Brian
On Mon 26 Sep 2011 at 15:08:58 +0200, Jan Olav Agle wrote: > As far as I know, the debian-6.0.2.1-i386-netinst.iso is the ONLY one > that can be used on both USB and CD-rom. Why not give > debian-6.0.2.1-i386-CD-1.iso the same functionality The > netinstall-image install requires much time on

Re: More USB install-images please!

2011-09-26 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:08:58 +0200, Jan Olav Agle wrote: > I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. > On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed > halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not > wasting time, I dd'ed

More USB install-images please!

2011-09-26 Thread Jan Olav Agle
I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not wasting time, I dd'ed the netinstall iso onto the stick and installed. As far as I kno