Why can't I do a Debian netinstall of unstable or testing?
I'm using Unetbootin to do a netinstall of Debian. It says there are no compatible kernel modules on any of the mirrors when I try anything but Stable. Obviously I know I can just install Stable and then do an upgrade, but still. What's up with this?
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 08:17:55PM +0000, Thomas Milne wrote:
I'm using Unetbootin to do a netinstall of Debian.
It says there are no compatible kernel modules on any of the mirrors when I try anything but Stable.
To install testing or unstable you have to use the development version of the net installer.
Obviously I know I can just install Stable and then do an upgrade, but still.
What's up with this?
Go here: https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ You could try the Beta2 jessie installer, or the weekly snapshot build or the daily snapshot build. -- Len Sorensen
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014, 10:35 AM Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 08:17:55PM +0000, Thomas Milne wrote:
I'm using Unetbootin to do a netinstall of Debian.
It says there are no compatible kernel modules on any of the mirrors when I try anything but Stable.
To install testing or unstable you have to use the development version of the net installer.
Obviously I know I can just install Stable and then do an upgrade, but still.
What's up with this?
Go here:
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
You could try the Beta2 jessie installer, or the weekly snapshot build or the daily snapshot build.
-- Len Sorensen
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Okay that's cool. There don't appear to be any USB images but if I recall Unetbootin can write an ISO to USB. Many thanks! Hmmm, wait, could I use that to install the armhf version of Debian on my Cubox?
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:35:14PM +0000, Thomas Milne wrote:
Okay that's cool. There don't appear to be any USB images but if I recall Unetbootin can write an ISO to USB.
Debian images are generally hybrid and can be dd'd to a USB stick directly and booted.
Many thanks!
Hmmm, wait, could I use that to install the armhf version of Debian on my Cubox?
cubox or cubox-i? -- Len Sorensen
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014, 5:01 PM Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 06:35:14PM +0000, Thomas Milne wrote:
Okay that's cool. There don't appear to be any USB images but if I recall Unetbootin can write an ISO to USB.
Debian images are generally hybrid and can be dd'd to a USB stick directly and booted.
Many thanks!
Hmmm, wait, could I use that to install the armhf version of Debian on my Cubox?
cubox or cubox-i?
-- Len Sorensen
--- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Cubox
On Dec 8, 2014 10:35 AM, "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 08:17:55PM +0000, Thomas Milne wrote:
I'm using Unetbootin to do a netinstall of Debian.
It says there are no compatible kernel modules on any of the mirrors
when I
try anything but Stable.
To install testing or unstable you have to use the development version of the net installer.
Obviously I know I can just install Stable and then do an upgrade, but still.
What's up with this?
Go here:
https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
You could try the Beta2 jessie installer, or the weekly snapshot build or the daily snapshot build.
I tried out the daily snapshot yesterday and it is AMAZING. The installer failed a couple of times I think because some mirrors were missing stuff for LXDE so I just did the default and it finished in 10 minutes. Jessie is really nice. Everything on the Asus netbook worked perfectly, wireless, touchpad, and so on. Very very slick release. I can't even imagine what the advantage there is in choosing Ubuntu anymore.
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 02:48:21PM -0500, Thomas Milne wrote:
I tried out the daily snapshot yesterday and it is AMAZING. The installer failed a couple of times I think because some mirrors were missing stuff for LXDE so I just did the default and it finished in 10 minutes.
Jessie is really nice. Everything on the Asus netbook worked perfectly, wireless, touchpad, and so on. Very very slick release. I can't even imagine what the advantage there is in choosing Ubuntu anymore.
Ubuntu was always better equipped in the bugginess department. :) -- Len Sorensen
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