Re: Installing Debian from USB pen drive



On 29/02/2008, Santanu Chatterjee <thisissantanu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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Now, you said "pointing the installer to the local repository". How exactly
is this done? When the cdrom detection failed, at a console, I found
a directory named '/cdrom' already created (empty). I linked this directory
so that it pointed to the iso contents in my pendrive. Then I attempted
to rerun the earlier step by selecting the option 'install from installer cdrom'
(the wordings might be a bit off but this is the option just next to the
'detect installer cdrom' option). But I am still getting the same error.

Is there any particular way to 'point the installer' to the installer cdrom
contents?

Somewhere there is an option to use packages in a local directory, It
has been ages since I used the installer so I will have to go and have
a look. It's way back in the beginning installing the base, you get to
choose network (www|ftp), use whats on the cd or use a local
repository.

Adrian

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