On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at 14:12, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> Holger Wansing writes:
> > David wrote (Sat, 9 Oct 2021 21:56:24 +1100):
> >> I see that the suggestion to use 'cat' comes
> >> from #604839.
> >>
> >> Yes, 'cat' will "work", however I feel there is no
> >> good reason to use 'cat'
Holger Wansing writes:
> Hi,
>
> David wrote (Sat, 9 Oct 2021 21:56:24 +1100):
>> I see that the suggestion to use 'cat' comes
>> from #604839.
>>
>> Yes, 'cat' will "work", however I feel there is no
>> good reason to use 'cat' there.
>>
>> Because the purpose of 'cat' is for concatenating
Control: tags 604839 + pending
Control: tags 988472 + pending
Now pushed.
Thanks
Holger
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Hello Holger!
On 10/2/21 19:48, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Notes:
> - I would not call files like vmlinuz or initrd.gz an "image" (to not be
> confused with the installation ISO images); so I changed such occurrences
> into "files".
Sorry for being late to the party here, but FWIW, the
Hi,
David wrote (Sat, 9 Oct 2021 21:56:24 +1100):
> I see that the suggestion to use 'cat' comes
> from #604839.
>
> Yes, 'cat' will "work", however I feel there is no
> good reason to use 'cat' there.
>
> Because the purpose of 'cat' is for concatenating
> multiple files, and it also requires
On Sat 09 Oct 2021 at 11:21:54 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
Hello Holger,
Thank you for your consideration
> Brian Potkin wrote (Sun, 3 Oct 2021 14:45:29 +0100):
> > > You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped
> > > by running the command dmesg after inserting
Hi,
Brian Potkin wrote (Sun, 3 Oct 2021 14:45:29 +0100):
> > You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped
> > by running the command dmesg after inserting it.
>
> I would add lsblk, with a link to its manual page.
>
> You should be able to see to which device the USB
On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 at 05:03, Holger Wansing wrote:
>
> I'm thinking about (long overdue) updating chapter
> https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch04s03.html
> "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting".
> - #988472 proposes to no longer use "install-mbr" to install an MBR
On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
[...]
> - Because a long time has passed by since the last overhaul of this chapter,
> maybe there is some more, that could be changed, for example because of
> changed/new technology or experience?
Regarding 4.3.2. at
On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
[...]
> I had some understanding issues, mostly in chapter
> "Manually copying files to the USB stick — the flexible way"
I have never really understood what is so special about syslinux and
mbr.bin in the context of using hd-media.
On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
Hello Holger,
> I'm thinking about (long overdue) updating chapter
> https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch04s03.html
> "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting".
I am working from
Hi,
I'm thinking about (long overdue) updating chapter
https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch04s03.html
"Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting".
Additionally to the issues mentioned in related bugreports
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=604839
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