On Wed 08 May 2019 at 22:12:41 +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > On 08/05/19, Rory Campbell-Lange (r...@campbell-lange.net) wrote: > > On 08/05/19, Andy Smith (a...@strugglers.net) wrote: > > > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 06:32:43PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > > Is there a clever way of downgrading the installation to stable while > > > > keeping the testing kernel and associated ixgbe module? > > > > > > If you run the daily netinst in expert mode doesn't it let you > > > pick the release you want to install? > > > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/FAQ#Q:_How_can_I_install_sid_.28unstable.29_with_DebianInstaller.3F > > > > > > Start the installation in expert mode. After selecting a mirror > > > you will be asked which distribution to install: stable, testing > > > or unstable. We recommend using a daily build of the installer > > > to install testing or unstable. > > > > Thanks for the great info. I thought I recalled something like that. > > > > I downloaded debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso on 29 April but having > > just tested this I'm not getting a choice of distribution. I'm in expert > > mode (console) -- perhaps I'll try again on the graphical version. > > I've just tried to install via graphical mode too and my 20190429 > "Buster" netinstall disk has also has skipped the distribution choice > step using this method. > > Is this something I should report? Thoughts gratefully received.
Not unless you intend to report your failure to read and understand the sentence prior to the section from the link quoted above. > Please use the netboot installation method. -- Brian.