On Mon 17 Oct 2016 at 09:40:31 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions in the past. > [I do have copies of previous posts&replies for reference. > I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how I sorted > them.] > I think I can give a better description of what I wish to accomplish. > The laptop I used for previous experiment is now classed as unreliable, > which may have been cause of some previous problems. I have a healthy > desktop machine now. > > Due to limited bandwidth *EVERYTHING SHALL* be done from a physical set of > purchased DVD's [Jessie 8.6]. > > I explicitly want a flash drive that functions as an install medium. > I DO NOT wish to install to the flash drive (one person called that 'Debian > to Go'] > It shall be bootable > It shall be able to install Debian on any machine which can boot from a USB > device. > It shall have a repository equivalent to the contents on all 13 DVD's. > It shall have multiple multiple editable preseed.cfg files.
https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick looks to be right up your street and capable of adapting to your needs. > I envision a file structure of > /dev/sdX > /alpha optional partition for GRUB or LILO > /beta bootable installer - essentially DVD 1 of 13 > /gamma repository - contents of DVD 2 -> DVD 13 > /delta collection of preseed.cfg files That too looks like it could be accomodated but the need to partition isn't necessary. -- Brian.
