Re: boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and netinstall debian iso image

2013-12-17 Thread Brian
On Tue 17 Dec 2013 at 11:36:16 +0100, ha wrote: > When you refer to the isohybrid image you mean the CD image that is > simply dd-ed to the USB? This is not preferable, as USB that can > store 8, 16 or even 32 GB is wasted because of only 3,2,1 GB or even > less. It needn't be wasted if you use i

Re: boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and netinstall debian iso image

2013-12-17 Thread ha
> If I did have any knowledge I've forgotten most of it. :) In the end I > decided booting from an isohybrid on a USB stick was far more convenient > than whatever I devised, which may have involved remastering the ISO. When you refer to the isohybrid image you mean the CD image that is simply d

Re: boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and netinstall debian iso image

2013-12-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Dec 2013 at 15:25:56 +0100, ha wrote: > On 12/16/2013 12:45 PM, Brian wrote: > > > >Yes, using the hd-media kernel and initrd. Employing GRUB's loopback > >feature with a netinst ISO is not possible at present. > > Can you please point me in the right direction? Working mainly from mem

Re: boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and netinstall debian iso image

2013-12-16 Thread ha
On 12/16/2013 12:45 PM, Brian wrote: On Mon 16 Dec 2013 at 09:40:17 +0100, ha wrote: [Snip] So the question is: 1. Did anybody managed to boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and the netinstall debian image? (i.e. Is this possible? Does netinstall support this?) Yes, using the hd-med

Re: boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and netinstall debian iso image

2013-12-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Dec 2013 at 09:40:17 +0100, ha wrote: [Snip] > So the question is: > 1. Did anybody managed to boot from USB and install debian using > grub2 and the netinstall debian image? (i.e. Is this possible? Does > netinstall support this?) Yes, using the hd-media kernel and initrd. Employing G

boot from USB and install debian using grub2 and netinstall debian iso image

2013-12-16 Thread ha
I'm trying to tackle this problem for a quite some time now, and I'm getting quite annoyed by the fact that I cannot find the straightforward solution for it... Actually, I want to do exactly as the example here [1] suggest. So, I foolishly assumed that this is going to be a simple problem. Th