On Tue 06 Nov 2018 at 09:19:22 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 06 Nov 2018 at 09:57:03 (+0000), Brian wrote: > > On Mon 05 Nov 2018 at 23:29:16 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Mon 05 Nov 2018 at 21:11:46 (+0100), Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > > > > > PS : aren't you confusing "netinst" with "netboot", which requires a > > > > network connection to a mirror ? > > > > > > I've never used netboot as it's too complicated to bother with in > > > my situation. In addition, I always need non-free firmware to run > > > all the wired and wireless NICs. > > > > The mini.iso is functionally equivalent to netbooting d-i. Using it is > > no more complicated than using a netinst iso. > > Eh? Why would I want to set up a TFTP service just to install via > netboot on the two PCs that can boot from the NIC when I've already > downloaded a netinst image for the rest?
You don't, but no TFTP is needed with the mini.iso. I was only drawing the list's attention to its existence; it has its uses. > > and non-free firmware can > > be put on the medium. > > But it's already on the netinst firmware image. > > Anyway, I think you can see that I'm hardly likely to confuse netinst > with netboot, which is the point I was making. There was no implication in my response that you were. -- Brian.
