Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Package: debian-installer Severity: wishlist Hi, It would be nice if one could install on the combination of a memory stick/compactflash card and an nfs share. That way one can also boot non-pxe systems without any local disk. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-01-2008 om 10:23 schreef Folkert van Heusden: It would be nice if one could install on the combination of a memory stick/compactflash card and an nfs share. Please elaborate that. Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? ) What kind of data should be on the other

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Op 14-01-2008 om 13:10 schreef Folkert van Heusden: (follow-up upon non BTS posting) Please elaborate that. Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? ) What kind of data should be on the other device? usb stick / compact flash card (e.g. ide to compact flash

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Please elaborate that. Tell which device is the booting device ( is it the USB stick? ) What kind of data should be on the other device? usb stick / compact flash card (e.g. ide to compact flash converter) will contain only the kernel and initrd so that it can be read-only

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Geert Stappers
Rewording the original wish: * It would be nice if one could install on a NFS share. * It would be nice if the installer writes boot stuff to an USB device and that the installed system (booted from USB disk) uses a NFS share. That way one can also boot non-pxe systems without any local disk.

Bug#460630: debian-installer: installing on combination of memorystick/compactflash and network share

2008-01-14 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Rewording the original wish: * It would be nice if one could install on a NFS share. * It would be nice if the installer writes boot stuff to an USB device and that the installed system (booted from USB disk) uses a NFS share. the last one, yes altough usb device is an example. one could