On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 08:18:28AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2015 28 Feb 07:56 -0600, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, isohybrid did the trick. > > Oh, yeah, I remember that *now*. Slaps forehead! > > > What I don't know is whether the isohybridized version of the .iso > > would still work on a CD. If so, it might be effective just to > > distribute the hybridized version of the .iso. > > > > If not, we should possibly distribute both. An instruction to use > > isohybrid is unlikely to be useful to a complete beginner who does not > > yet have a Linux xytem available. > > IMO, the Debian installer requires just a few too many hoops to get the > image onto a USB stick for a beginner. I am very appreciative of those > distributions that not only offer an ISO but also a .img for writing > directly to a USB stick. > > > Of course, this was a pre-alpha. Not expecting perfection and a > > vast infrastructure for all possibilities yet. > > While it seems like a straightforward process to use the Debian > installer, I'm certain there are many behind the scenes gotchas to be > found. :-D
I read the Debian installer mailing list since I upgraded to Jessie early and had huge difficulties. Yes, there are currently many gotchas. There's apparently a bug that prevents them from offering a choice of inits, which they think is too comlex to fix before the Jessie release. -- hendrik > > - Nate > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
