Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-07 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: > That works. > Your choice of directory names in the path to the files extracted from > each ISO broke my current mental logjam. ... yes, that's what i did, years ago, so the added parts in the line about security weren't needed back then. glad it works. :) songbir

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-06 Thread Richard Owlett
On 02/05/2021 01:05 PM, songbird wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: ... One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight forward to do a default install after copying dvd1.iso to a flash drive. ... Are the instructions to creat

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-06 Thread Richard Owlett
That works. Your choice of directory names in the path to the files extracted from each ISO broke my current mental logjam. Thanks On 02/05/2021 10:21 AM, Jeremy Andrews wrote: Hi Richard, Here's what I would probably do: - create directories on your USB or partition for each of the DVDs -

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 2/5/21 9:54 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I wish to do custom Debian install on a machine *WITHOUT*:   1. functional mechanical CD/DVD drive.   2. without internet access. One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation > DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight forward to do a default > install after copying dvd1.iso to a flash drive. ... > Are the instructions to create a "local repository" composed of

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread Dan Ritter
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 08:54:55AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I wish to do custom Debian install on a machine *WITHOUT*: > > 1. functional mechanical CD/DVD drive. > > 2. without internet access. > > Things I learned today - someone wants us to make a 128GB fl

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 08:54:55AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to do custom Debian install on a machine *WITHOUT*: > 1. functional mechanical CD/DVD drive. > 2. without internet access. > > One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation > DVDs of the desired

Re: Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread Jeremy Andrews
Hi Richard, Here's what I would probably do: - create directories on your USB or partition for each of the DVDs - extract each ISO, and place the contents in the directories - if using a separate partition, mount it in your fstab at a location such as /mnt/deb, or if using a USB, just make sure t

Problems installing from flash drive.

2021-02-05 Thread Richard Owlett
I wish to do custom Debian install on a machine *WITHOUT*: 1. functional mechanical CD/DVD drive. 2. without internet access. One can purchase a flash drive containing ISO images of all installation DVDs of the desired architecture. It is straight forward to do a default install after copyi