On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 03:14:07 -0400 (EDT), Magicloud Magiclouds wrote: > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: >> >> There are a number of different installation methods available. They >> are described in the installation instructions. Use the one that >> suits you best. What I usually do is take the "netboot" mini.iso >> image and "burn" it to a CD-R. Then I boot from the CD. But there are >> other alternatives. For example, you can make a bootable USB stick, >> commonly called a "thumb drive", and boot from it. There are other >> installation methods that allow the installer to be started from a >> pre-existing Unix or Linux system, or from a Windows system. Years >> ago, you could also create a bootable floppy disk and boot from a >> floppy. But that installation method is no longer supported. Etch >> is the last release that supported "boot floppy" installation. In >> short, there's no substitute for reading the directions. > > Customing d-i is so hard. Many things confused me on the documents. > Cannot I just start with debootstrap?
My reply to another one of your posts applies here also: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/09/msg02353.html Why don't you just tell us exactly what you are trying to do? And please stop top posting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/116040563.118670.1284991531213.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com