-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi otavio,
At 15 Nov 08 07:35:39 GMT, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Quoting Kenshi Muto ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> After this patch is applied, 'make build_netboot' will build boot.img.gz > >> in dest/netboot/ directory for i386 and amd64 with both text and gtk > >> installers. > >> Because I didn't know well about other architectures, my patch didn't > >> touch them. > > > > Nice. However, as this requires documentation changes, I think this > > should be post-Lenny. > > Kenshi, could you propose a text for it to the installer guide? After seeing installer guide, I think only a few changes are needed. Please see also attached patch against installation-guide r56652. Here are my changes: Section 4.3 Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting 4.3 1st paragraph: > ... packages, possibly in combination with a mirror. This second method is > the common. ... packages, possibly in combination with a mirror. [Remove last sentence.] 2nd paragraph: > For the first installation method ... and use the 'flexible way' explained > below to copy the files to the USB stick. For the first installation method ... and use the 'easy way' explained below to copy the files to the USB stick. [replace flexible way with easy way.] paragraph before 4.3.1: > Note that the USB stick should be at least 256 MB in size Note that the USB stick should be at least 64 MB (netboot) or 256 MB (hd-media) in size [describe both size.] 4.3.1 1st paragraph: > There is an all-in-one file hd-media/boot.img.gz There is an all-in-one file boot.img.gz [remove 'hd-media/'.] 4.3.1 2nd paragraph: > Note that If you use an hd-media image, note that [This paragraph is applied only for hd-media.] pargraph before 4.3.2: > If you use an hd-media image, you have one more job. After extracting, mount > the USB memory stick After that, mount the USB memory stick [ditto.] Section A.2.2 USB memory stick 2nd paragraph: > The easiest way to prepare your USB memory stick is to download > hd-media/boot.img.gz, and use gunzip to extract the image from that > file. Write this image directly to your memory stick, which must be > at least 256 mb in size. Of course this will destroy anything already on > the memory stick. Then mount the memory stick, ... The easiest way to prepare your USB memory stick is to download netboot/ boot.img.gz or hd-media/boot.img.gz, and use gunzip to extract the image from that file. Write this image directly to your memory stick, which must be at least 64 mb (netboot) or 256 mb (hd-media) in size. Of course this will destroy anything already on the memory stick. Compared with that a netboot image takes most installer components from the net, an hd-media image uses a Debian ISO image file. So then mount the memory stick, which will now have a FAT filesystem on it. Next, download a Debian netinst CD image, and copy that file to the memory stick ... [describe both size. describe the difference between netboot and hd-media.] P.S. Of course please check my first patch against debian-installer. Though my build test (build_netboot and build_netboot-gtk, build_all) and boot test (text and gtk) worked on my i386 environment. Thanks, - -- Kenshi Muto [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8+ <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAkke/SYACgkQQKW+7XLQPLHZEACfXO5PkiUTDj4QRAHw2I3MFlq2 oAEAnjJQsDJ40l/A3NYWPWD9lpN/r+Bo =GImk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
installation-guide-netboot-505773.patch
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