On 2018-04-25, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > My goal is a very minimalist install to a flash drive. It will NOT have > GRUB - GRUB on this machine is on a dedicated partition for convenience > in some of my experiments. > > From reading several references I believe my command should be: > > debootstrap --arch=i386 --include=apt-get --variant=minbase > --no-check-gpg --print-debs --keep-debootstrap-dir stable > /media/richard/rco /media/cdrom0/????
> I have two questions: > 1. What should replace "????" as I'll be using DVD1 of Debian 9.1.0 > as my "repository"? https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apds03.html.en "if you have a stretch Debian GNU/Linux CD mounted at /cdrom, you could substitute a file URL instead of the http URL: file:/cdrom/debian/" so if this info isn't obsolete, in your case, I dunno: file:/media/cdrom0/debian/ ? > 2. As I expect the console display may exceed the scroll back limits, > I wish to pipe the console display for later reference without > impeding answering any prompts I get. I've seen a description for > doing that, but I can't remember it. Pointers? > > -- "Three prisoners were locked in a cell. When the largest of them finished his food, he immediately ate the others. Too bad. An apostrophe in the right place might have prevented a horrible crime." Joe Gunn
