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2.4. Installation Media 2.4.1. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/BD-ROM 2.4.2. USB Memory Stick 2.4.3. Network 2.4.4. Hard Disk 2.4.5. Un*x or GNU system

2.4. Installation Media 2.4.1. CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/BD-ROM 2.4.2. USB Memory Stick 2.4.3. Network 2.4.4. Hard Disk 2.4.5. Un*x or GNU system 2.4.6. Supported Storage Systems https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/ch02s04.en.html https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/ch02s04.en.html I am going to burn a CD-ROM and/or DVD-ROM. It's been a while and feels very retro, I guess I could do this. What is a a BD-ROM? I am going to use dd to copy the image onto a USB Memory Stick. I've done that. I am going to do a Network install, no I am not going to do this. Hard Disk install, this is how I installed it previously. Let me find my notes. Whether it's CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, USB Memory Stick, or Hard Disk install, the tricky bit is getting the computer to boot the image from that media. And, the tricky part about this is knowing the incantation for GRUB to do this. And, the additional tricky part is the mangled PC EUFI/Secure boot settings. If it's the raspberry pi it's easy: I stick the USB Memory stick in the pi and go. If it's the PC, it's well, as you said: forensics. I wish that I could download a little install program, and install a fresh OS into one of the many free partitions on the PC, and that the installer would automatically configure GRUB to recognize that new OS without the incantations, and without stomping on other distros.

dredmorbius 7y ago
BD-ROM: Blu-Ray Disk Read Only Memory. https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BD-ROM https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BD-ROM
asveikau 7y ago
I'm not sure what you mean because I've never had to type anything manually at the grub prompt in an installation use case -- the boot images seem to be configured right, to give you a ramdisk and go into an installer. But I will say: > I am going to do a Network install, no I am not going to do this. For Debian netinst really is the best. Debian has a lot of packages. I haven't kept up with all the full media over the years [first time I did a debian install was '99 or so], but it's always seemed pretty "completist", and contains more than I'll ever use. With netinst you get a base system, it gets you to a shell quickly and you can apt-get exactly what you need without a lot else.
CRConrad 7y ago
"What is a a BD-ROM?" A Bondage and Domination video on a plastic disk?

dredmorbius 7y ago

BD-ROM: Blu-Ray Disk Read Only Memory. https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BD-ROM https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/BD-ROM

asveikau 7y ago

I'm not sure what you mean because I've never had to type anything manually at the grub prompt in an installation use case -- the boot images seem to be configured right, to give you a ramdisk and go into an installer. But I will say: > I am going to do a Network install, no I am not going to do this. For Debian netinst really is the best. Debian has a lot of packages. I haven't kept up with all the full media over the years [first time I did a debian install was '99 or so], but it's always seemed pretty "completist", and contains more than I'll ever use. With netinst you get a base system, it gets you to a shell quickly and you can apt-get exactly what you need without a lot else.

CRConrad 7y ago

"What is a a BD-ROM?" A Bondage and Domination video on a plastic disk?