On Wed 19 Sep 2018 at 19:16:29 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > What I was envisaging was a windows user closing down, booting up a
> > USB stick's live Debian and corrupting their windows disk by using
> > it to store ISO files.
>
> By what words could i warn MS-Windows users of this pitfall ?
Hi,
> Sure, but a 32GB USB stick is now to be had for $10. Would that
> be suitable?
Well, it is an extra precondition. Maybe the USB stick is already planned
to finally hold the boot-ready ISO image.
Whatever, if an extra USB stick without valuable data is at hand, this
seems to be a viable way
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 18:25:53 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
> > I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT)
>
> That's a wise move in general, of course.
> But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based
> "disk" storage might be t
Hi,
David Wright wrote:
> I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT)
That's a wise move in general, of course.
But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based
"disk" storage might be too small.
As soon as the ISO is composed from template file and Debi
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 13:21:31 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Rick Thomas wrote:
> > For example, if your home has limited Internet bandwidth, but you can drive
> > to a library (or your place of work) where the bandwidth is better, it might
> > be better to use the DVD or BD (blue-ray)
Hi,
Rick Thomas wrote:
> For example, if your home has limited Internet bandwidth, but you can drive
> to a library (or your place of work) where the bandwidth is better, it might
> be better to use the DVD or BD (blue-ray) install image on a USB stick.
Yeah. But will a public or workplace machin
On Sep 17, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> "netinst" is supposed to be used by more people for installing than
> "live", and it is the much smaller download.
Indeed, the fact that it is a smaller download is the main reason why netinst
is preferred. It’s a good thing to minimize t
On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 19:36:24 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> David Wright wrote:
> > > > It's generally recommended on this list that you install from netinst
> > > > rather than from a live system.
>
> Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> > > tell me why the network is better?
>
> David Wright
Hi,
David Wright wrote:
> > > It's generally recommended on this list that you install from netinst
> > > rather than from a live system.
Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> > tell me why the network is better?
David Wright wrote:
> I follow this list, and keep an eye on others' reported problems;
Indeed
On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 18:01:29 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better?
I follow this list, and keep an eye on others' reported problems;
nothing too specific because they often involve things that will
probably not concern my
On 2018-09-17 16:01, Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is
better?
https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
If unfamiliar perhaps you want to run live to see what software you want
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Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better?
17.09.2018, 16:18, "David Wright" :
> On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 14:22:32 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
>> Hi, everybody...
>> Now I have Debian 9 ..I installed it like this
>> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/c
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