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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon aguslr

"debian-9.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso" of Debian stretch not supported?

Open hartwork opened this issue 6 years ago • 10 comments

Hi!

I find that Debian ISOs are expected to end with -mini.iso in mbusb.d/debian.d/netboot-generic.cfg. Are you intending to leave current debian-9.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso out?

Thanks and best, Sebastian

hartwork avatar Feb 14 '19 22:02 hartwork

PS: Supercool project, if you add support for this filename or not :smiley: :+1:

hartwork avatar Feb 14 '19 22:02 hartwork

Hi, @hartwork! Can you confirm that the netinst ISO works with the same parameters as the mini ISO? I haven't tested it but, if it's just a matter of supporting the filename, I'll be more than happy to change it.

aguslr avatar Feb 16 '19 15:02 aguslr

I hope to have an update on that next Tuesday, stay tuned :smiley:

hartwork avatar Feb 16 '19 16:02 hartwork

I just checked and it doesn't seem to work. It gives an error when it cannot find the CD-ROM device, just like with the normal installation CD.

There is bug 724931 which hasn't been fixed yet. So, for now, only the -mini.iso works as it installs from the network.

aguslr avatar Feb 16 '19 16:02 aguslr

Where did you find the mini ones? Are they official by Debian? I failed to find them when I tried 2 days ago.

hartwork avatar Feb 16 '19 16:02 hartwork

They are not easy to find, that is true:

Maybe I should add the links to the documentation.

aguslr avatar Feb 16 '19 17:02 aguslr

I've added some links for both Debian and Ubuntu to the download pages for the Netboot ISOs in 1506e770.

aguslr avatar Feb 16 '19 17:02 aguslr

Thanks for the info and link patch!

What do you think about renaming mbusb.d/debian.d/netboot-generic.cfg to netboot-generic-mini.cfg (containing mini) or so? It would communicate that the glob pattern is intended.

hartwork avatar Feb 17 '19 23:02 hartwork

What do you think about renaming mbusb.d/debian.d/netboot-generic.cfg to netboot-generic-mini.cfg (containing mini) or so? It would communicate that the glob pattern is intended.

I don't think that's necessary. The name of the file simply differentiates it from the file for Live ISOs, and netboot (or network boot) is a well established name in Debian and Ubuntu. I understand it may be confused with netinst but thats Debian's naming.

aguslr avatar Feb 18 '19 09:02 aguslr

Hello,

I'm encountering exactly the same error with the alternate iso install (debian based installer: ubuntu-18.04.2-server-amd64.iso) of the Ubuntu Server. It claims that it cannot find the CD-ROM device.

Is it related to the same bug ?

Kind Regards

moocan avatar Mar 31 '19 14:03 moocan