Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 06:19:30PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: > @Geert > > It is "netinst" that you are looking for. > > I am using netinst. Appreciate the detailed steps listed, but with all > due respect, my question was about how to make the installer install > the base system from the mirror

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Glen Huang, le lun. 21 févr. 2022 18:19:30 +0800, a ecrit: > @Geert > > It is "netinst" that you are looking for. > > I am using netinst. Appreciate the detailed steps listed, but with all > due respect, my question was about how to make the installer install > the base system from the mirror and

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-21 Thread Glen Huang
@Geert > It is "netinst" that you are looking for. I am using netinst. Appreciate the detailed steps listed, but with all due respect, my question was about how to make the installer install the base system from the mirror and not the installation media. The listed steps don't seem to help with

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 09:53:42AM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote: >Hi, > >Am 21. Februar 2022 05:05:53 MEZ schrieb Glen Huang : >>I wonder if it's possible to force the installer to use the mirror for >>installing the base system? > >Yes, there's a solution for this: >just use the netboot image :-)

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-21 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Am 21. Februar 2022 05:05:53 MEZ schrieb Glen Huang : >I wonder if it's possible to force the installer to use the mirror for >installing the base system? Yes, there's a solution for this: just use the netboot image :-) I guess this is the most obvious answer for such question. Holger --

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-20 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:05:53PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: > Hi, > > I remember reading it somewhere in a Debian doc (though I can no > longer find it) that only netboot automatically installs the base > system from a mirror, other media install from the media itself and > then upgrade via the

Re: Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-20 Thread Geert Stappers
On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:05:53PM +0800, Glen Huang wrote: > Hi, > > I remember reading it somewhere in a Debian doc (though I can no > longer find it) that only netboot automatically installs the base > system from a mirror, other media install from the media itself and > then upgrade via the

Possible to force installing from the mirror instead of the installation media?

2022-02-20 Thread Glen Huang
Hi, I remember reading it somewhere in a Debian doc (though I can no longer find it) that only netboot automatically installs the base system from a mirror, other media install from the media itself and then upgrade via the mirror if allowed. I wonder if it's possible to force the installer to