On Thu, 28 May 2015 15:26:05 +0100 Philip Hands wrote:>
It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the
> cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module,
> nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein.
This is an ancient reque
On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 01:21:40PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote:
> As Joey says, one doesn't need it if one is doing exactly what was
> envisioned with the images (i.e. dd-ing straight to the device) but
> it is very clear by now that other valid use cases exist.
>
> It is of course possible to work
Brian Potkin writes:
...
>> Is there a reason why iso-scan is *not* loaded?
>
> The author of iso-scan has this to say:
>
> iso-scan is part of the Debian installer[1].
>
> However, it is only included in the hd-media initrd. There is no reason
> to include it on the regular CD initrd, bec
Hi Brian,
On Mon, 01 Jun 2015, Brian Potkin wrote:
> [...] but put it down to things coming and going during the testing period.
Ok, duly noted. (Un)happy coincidence that I used just one of those.
> Surely the method you describe on your blog and the use of the hd-media
> method allows this?
Y
On 2015-06-01 14:52, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Mon 01 Jun 2015 at 00:51:58 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
>>> There are at least three ways to boot a netinst ISO from a USB stick. An
>>
>> Hmm, I didn't find *one* that leaves the sstick useable for other things,
>> and allows to boot into a variety
On Mon 01 Jun 2015 at 00:51:58 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi Brian,
Hello Norbert,
> On Sat, 30 May 2015, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > On the other hand, #785512 is reporting a "regression" between the
> > Jessie installer and some random, unknown, testing version for which
> > documentation of
Hi Brian,
On Sat, 30 May 2015, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On the other hand, #785512 is reporting a "regression" between the
> Jessie installer and some random, unknown, testing version for which
> documentation of any intentional change is lacking. Note that it is not
Well, it is not *completely* unk
On Sat 30 May 2015 at 11:19:17 +0200, Christian Kastner wrote:
> On Fri, 29 May 2015 12:32:13 +0900 Norbert Preining
> wrote:
> > > It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the
> > > cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module,
> > > nor do we at
Hi,
On Fri, 29 May 2015 12:32:13 +0900 Norbert Preining
wrote:
> > It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the
> > cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module,
> > nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein.
>
> Inde
Hi Philip,
> It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the
> cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module,
> nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein.
Indeed, checking the initrd you mentioned I see the iso-scan and lo
Hi Norbert,
I can confirm that this no longer works (as described).
It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the
cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module,
nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein.
One can just us
Package: installation-reports
Severity: important
Hi,
I am always carrying around a bootable USB stick with various rescue discs
and an installation image of Debian.
Till about 1 year (6 months?) ago it was possible to boot via
grub/iso the image. The grub entry was
set isofile="/firmwar
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