On Wed 19 Sep 2018 at 19:16:29 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > What I was envisaging was a windows user closing down, booting up a
> > USB stick's live Debian and corrupting their windows disk by using
> > it to store ISO files.
>
> By what words could i warn MS-Windows users of this pitfall
Hi,
> Sure, but a 32GB USB stick is now to be had for $10. Would that
> be suitable?
Well, it is an extra precondition. Maybe the USB stick is already planned
to finally hold the boot-ready ISO image.
Whatever, if an extra USB stick without valuable data is at hand, this
seems to be a viable
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 18:25:53 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> David Wright wrote:
> > I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT)
>
> That's a wise move in general, of course.
> But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based
> "disk" storage might be
Hi,
David Wright wrote:
> I mount all the "foreign" partitions readonly (both NTFS and FAT)
That's a wise move in general, of course.
But if you are downloading a BD sized ISO of 20+ GiB, then RAM based
"disk" storage might be too small.
As soon as the ISO is composed from template file and
On Tue 18 Sep 2018 at 13:21:31 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Rick Thomas wrote:
> > For example, if your home has limited Internet bandwidth, but you can drive
> > to a library (or your place of work) where the bandwidth is better, it might
> > be better to use the DVD or BD (blue-ray)
Hi,
Rick Thomas wrote:
> For example, if your home has limited Internet bandwidth, but you can drive
> to a library (or your place of work) where the bandwidth is better, it might
> be better to use the DVD or BD (blue-ray) install image on a USB stick.
Yeah. But will a public or workplace
On Sep 17, 2018, at 10:36 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> "netinst" is supposed to be used by more people for installing than
> "live", and it is the much smaller download.
Indeed, the fact that it is a smaller download is the main reason why netinst
is preferred. It’s a good thing to minimize
ere reported by
users. By definition, my opinion is based on hearsay, and as I'm not
motivated or organised enough to index my collection of posts, it's
not worth my time to spend it searching around for references.
As we were given a binary choice, mine was obviously for netinst.
Others are welcome
Hi,
David Wright wrote:
> > > It's generally recommended on this list that you install from netinst
> > > rather than from a live system.
Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> > tell me why the network is better?
David Wright wrote:
> I follow this list, and keep an eye on others' reported problems;
On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 18:01:29 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better?
I follow this list, and keep an eye on others' reported problems;
nothing too specific because they often involve things that will
probably not concern
On 2018-09-17 16:01, Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is
better?
https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
If unfamiliar perhaps you want to run live to see what software you want
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Dear David, if you do not complicate, then tell me why the network is better?
17.09.2018, 16:18, "David Wright" :
> On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 14:22:32 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
>> Hi, everybody...
>> Now I have Debian 9 ..I installed it like this
>>
On Mon 17 Sep 2018 at 14:22:32 (+0300), Thakur Mahashaya wrote:
> Hi, everybody...
> Now I have Debian 9 ..I installed it like this
> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-9.5.0-amd64-gnome.iso
> but it is possible and through the network.
>
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