From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW?
Date	2016-10-17 16:50 +0200
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If some of this sounds familiar, I have asked related questions 
in the past.
[I do have copies of previous posts&replies for reference.
  I've re-read most but may have missed reading some due to how I 
sorted them.]
I think I can give a better description of what I wish to accomplish.
The laptop I used for previous experiment is now classed as 
unreliable, which may have been cause of some previous problems. 
I have a healthy desktop machine now.

Due to limited bandwidth *EVERYTHING SHALL* be done from a 
physical set of purchased DVD's [Jessie 8.6].

I explicitly want a flash drive that functions as an install medium.
I DO NOT wish to install to the flash drive (one person called 
that 'Debian to Go']
It shall be bootable
It shall be able to install Debian on any machine which can boot 
from a USB device.
It shall have a repository equivalent to the contents on all 13 
DVD's.
It shall have multiple multiple editable preseed.cfg files.

I envision a file structure of
/dev/sdX
	/alpha		optional partition for GRUB or LILO
	/beta		bootable installer - essentially DVD 1 of 13
	/gamma		repository - contents of DVD 2 -> DVD 13
	/delta		collection of preseed.cfg files

Comments/suggestions?
TIA

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From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" -  HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-17 16:50 +0200
  Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2016-10-17 17:00 +0200
    Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-17 17:30 +0200
      Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-17 21:10 +0200
  Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-17 17:30 +0200
    Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-17 17:40 +0200
      Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> - 2016-10-17 20:10 +0200
        Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-17 21:40 +0200
          Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-02 12:50 +0100
            Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-11-02 17:00 +0100
            RE: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Bonno Bloksma <b.bloksma@tio.nl> - 2016-11-03 17:40 +0100
              Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash drive" - HOW? Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-11-03 18:20 +0100
      Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2016-10-22 21:00 +0200
        Re: From "physical install DVD's" to "special install USB flash  drive" - HOW? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-10-22 21:40 +0200

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