And I could never find a step by step set of instructions to create a preseeded install medium from a Debian live image that included the nonfree repository. Such a medium would have been a restore USB thumb drive for a laptop, to include wifi drivers from which to run the install entirely from wifi instead of having to use an Ethernet connection.
The documentation needs to be available and updated. My $0.02. Charlie =============== On Jul 29, 2016 5:59 AM, "Pablo Brasero Moreno" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > *** Re: the lack of documentation > > Unfortunately, November 2015 saw a drama surrounding Debian Live. You can > get a summary at https://lwn.net/Articles/665839/ > > From a user's point of view, the upside is that a new tool is being > developed, and debian-live will still be available in the mean time. The > downside is that the original site is gone and the documentation is a bit > difficult to find. I personally read it at > http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/live-manual/stable/manual/html/live-manual.en.html > > *** Re: keyboard layouts > > I haven't played much with that, but I think it might be possible with a > preseed config? See an example here on lines 3-4 (where I had to comment it > out because not all keyboards at my place are the same): > https://github.com/pablobm/w2c3-livecd/blob/master/config/includes.binary/install/preseed.cfg > > *** /lib/live/mount/medium > > No idea. What do you want to do? > > *** Re: CDs being from the past > > My undestanding is that the new tool will have that aspiration, but I'm > not actually following it, so take my word with a pinch of salt. > > > On 29 July 2016 at 13:37, Brian Wengel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear debian-live team >> >> I can't find any documentation about Debian Live? >> E.g. what's the username and password?.....I did find it on Google after >> some time...but that should not be source of the most basic and vital >> information. >> >> Another simple questions is how to change keyboard layout. I expect at >> least half of the users of Debian Live uses a different layout.....it would >> be nice if it was more easy to change for all of us. >> I did found a way to change it on Google (but nothing I will be able to >> remember)....so now I need to keep a note together with my Live USB key! >> I never found a way to make it persistent.though. >> Can I edit a file in /lib/live/mount/medium? >> As the vast majority do use a writeable medium (USB flash) and not a >> read-only CD-ROM...it would be nice if it was more easy to change >> persistently. >> >> Another thing: >> I guess no one use CD-ROMs these days.....I haven't had a drive in my >> laptops for MANY years! >> Maybe it's time to stop aiming Debian Live to a CD-ROM media, and stop >> using it in titles, guide etc. At least not as the >> primary media/option....we moved to USB flash drives many years ago ;-) >> When I read the limited pages and documentation about Live, it's almost >> as USB flash keys are a brand new technology that most people haven't >> started using yet. >> >> Thanks.in advance. >> >> Brian >> > > > > -- > Pablo Brasero Moreno > [email protected] >
