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MichaIng
Add a Debian installer howto
The Debian mini.iso installer is a great way to create a minimal bootable Debian system and it meanwhile supports some SBCs as well. It hence would be great if we could provide a step-by-step guide about how to use it. As an orientation, the x64_64/VM image creation instructions from the DietPi GitHub wiki can be used: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/wiki/How-to-create-a-DietPi-image-for-x86_64-PCs-(UEFI)
@MichaIng: Is this issue actual? Or is it obsolete due to the automatic image generation? Who would be the stakeholder reading this howto?
Good question. It probably would still have some value to have this documented somewhere, even if its just for a small number of users or us only, in cases where DietPi-Build does not support a VM type or SBC yet. In the future it may be in general a good starting point, as alternative to Armbian, as the Debian installer supports more and more SBCs.
@MichaIng: I assume the mini.iso resp. netinst option of Debian is very raw on other platforms as PCs. I see these pages referring about it:
- https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ -> https://raspi.debian.net/tested-images/
- https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/arm64/ch02s01.de.html -> https://www.debian.org/ports/arm/ -> https://wiki.debian.org/Arm64Port#Hardware.2C_emulators_and_models
Finally, I came to the result that the number of supported hardware variants is not as much that dealing with this issue is much worthful.
Therefore I propose to close this issue with a "won't be considered" comment.
I agree. Also this method has become pretty obsolete now that we have dietpi-build. Let's close this.