On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange <r...@campbell-lange.net> wrote: > > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: > > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > during the netinstall process > (apt-get install doesn't seem available on the virtual terminals)
I guess preseeding is one way of doing it (gleaned from a rapid internet search): https://blog.raymond.burkholder.net/index.php?/archives/899-Debian-Preseed-Backport-Kernel.html > * alternatively, what mount point and commands should I use to make a > root file system (which I've re-raided and decrypted) available to the > buster installer in rescue mode > Thanks very much > Rory > > > ** there is another issue, which is the stretch grub doesn't seem to be > able to decrypt a dm_crypt volume when made from buster. I've reported > that to debian-boot. > > > -- “When he was dry, he believed it was alcohol he needed, but when he had a few drinks in him, he knew it was something else, possibly a woman; and when he had it all — cash, booze, and a wife — he couldn’t be distracted from the great emptiness that was always falling through him and never hit the ground.” – Denis Johnson