Hello list, i intend to create a huge backup server from some oldish hardware. Hardware has been partly refurbished and offers 1 SSD + 8 HDD on a 6core Intel with 64 GB RAM. Already before assembling the hardware, grub was working from the SSD, which got lvm partitioning and is basically empty. As i have no working CD drive nor can this old machine boot from USB, i put an ISO for bookworm onto an lvm-LV. Using grub, i can manually boot from that ISO and see the first installer screens. But after asking some questions, the installer wants to mount the external media (ISO), and does not find it on sd[a-z], then aborts. By switching to Desktop 4, i can see the attempt to search for the "CD"-drive, which is bound to fail. I am not familiar with the very restricted shell, that is available from the installer (busybox) and have not yet found an approach to circumvent my problems. i would like to use the installer, as debootstrapping would necessitate alot more knowledge than mine.
Suggestions are welcome :-) DdB
