Thanks for your write-up, Stuart! I just wanted to add that people can get it working on the RPi 3B+ with some extra work:
- Put the package sets on the installation drive since network access doesn't exist by default as you pointed out. - Buy a supported USB network interface. I've used a wireless one for awhile and needed to download the necessary firmware from a mirror. I waited until after first boot and used fw_update(1) to install the firmware I downloaded to my drive. I also recently acquired a USB wired ethernet interface that should work with it during installation in theory, but I haven't tested it. I've had weird USB bugs with the RPi 3B+ that I've been meaning to report for awhile but haven't had the time to completely investigate them. As you implied, I think most people should default to the model you have to get the best support. Tim
