On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > 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 > > Sorry for that. Anyway, I have tried a few things and things seem smooth till I cannot `svn co svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/d-i/trunk`. With svn+ssh, I was asked for a password, which I have absolutely no idea. Without +ssh, svn just hung there. I do not know what happened. -- 竹密岂妨流水过 山高哪阻野云飞
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