Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-11-03 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 03 November 2016 16:27:17 Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > > >On Monday 17 October 2016 20:32:54 Richard Owlett wrote: > >> So I'm looking to near future when >= 128 GB flash drives available. > > > > They already are, and larger. See e.g. > > > >

RE: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-11-03 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi, >On Monday 17 October 2016 20:32:54 Richard Owlett wrote: >> So I'm looking to near future when >= 128 GB flash drives available. > > They already are, and larger. See e.g. > > http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/memory-usb/usb3.0/muf-128bbeu.html > and >

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-11-02 Thread Richard Owlett
On 11/2/2016 6:49 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Monday 17 October 2016 20:32:54 Richard Owlett wrote: So I'm looking to near future when >= 128 GB flash drives available. They already are, and larger. See e.g. http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/memory-usb/usb3.0/muf-128bbeu.html and

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-11-02 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 17 October 2016 20:32:54 Richard Owlett wrote: > So I'm looking to near future when >= 128 GB flash drives available. They already are, and larger. See e.g. http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/memory-usb/usb3.0/muf-128bbeu.html and

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-22 Thread Brian
On Sat 22 Oct 2016 at 13:54:28 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > >On 10/17/2016 10:22 AM, Brian wrote: > >> > >> https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick > >> > >>looks to be right up your street and capable of adapting to > >>your needs. > > > >I'd seen it and caused me to think what

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/17/2016 10:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/17/2016 10:22 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 17 Oct 2016 at 09:40:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: [snip Due to limited bandwidth *EVERYTHING SHALL* be done from a physical set of purchased DVD's [Jessie 8.6]. I explicitly want a flash drive that

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/17/2016 1:08 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [SNIP] Double layer Blu-Ray disk image. Use dd to write this to a single stick. That will give you virtually everything you need to install. "virtually everything" <> "everything" by *DEFINITION* A second USB stick to hold preseed files

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/17/2016 10:26 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 10/17/2016 9:51 AM, Hans wrote: Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2016, 09:40:31 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett: [SNIP} Maybe you might want to look at Fully Automatical Installatio (FAI). I'd come across that but the references were for a distro other

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:33:32AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 10/17/2016 10:22 AM, Brian wrote: > >On Mon 17 Oct 2016 at 09:40:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions in the past. > >>[I do have copies of previous posts for

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/17/2016 10:22 AM, Brian wrote: On Mon 17 Oct 2016 at 09:40:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions in the past. [I do have copies of previous posts for reference. I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how I

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 10/17/2016 9:51 AM, Hans wrote: Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2016, 09:40:31 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett: If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions in the past. [I do have copies of previous posts for reference. I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Brian
On Mon 17 Oct 2016 at 09:40:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions in the past. > [I do have copies of previous posts for reference. > I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how I sorted > them.] > I think I can give a

Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Hans
Am Montag, 17. Oktober 2016, 09:40:31 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett: > If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions > in the past. > [I do have copies of previous posts for reference. > I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how I > sorted them.] > I think I

From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

2016-10-17 Thread Richard Owlett
If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions in the past. [I do have copies of previous posts for reference. I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how I sorted them.] I think I can give a better description of what I wish to accomplish. The laptop I used