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Re: A custom installer - was [Installing the installer]

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On 09/23/2017 10:43 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 09/19/2017 08:56 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
> My goal is NOT a "general purpose GNU/Linux".
> My goal IS a "thingy/dodad/whatsit" which can perform a single task.
> That task would be indistinguishable, to a human at a terminal, from a
> standard installer residing on a CD/DVD. It will install Debian to
> another location, be it device or partition.
>
>[snip]
>
> There are also useful links in the Debian Wiki, including:
> BootProcess
>     <https://wiki.debian.org/BootProcess>
> CategoryBootProcess
>     <https://wiki.debian.org/CategoryBootProcess>
> SystemBootProcess
>     <https://wiki.debian.org/SystemBootProcess>
> Title Search: "boot process"
>     <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDesktop?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=boot+process&titlesearch=Titles>
>
>

Over on debian-boot@lists.debian.org I asked a related question. Some of 
the links were:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linuxboot/
    Inside the Linux boot process -- a guided tour from the MBR
    to 1st user-space application
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_startup_process
    The multi-stage initialization process performed during booting
    a Linux installation.
http://wiki.osdev.org/System_Initialization_%28x86%29
    System Initialization (x86) -- the traditional BIOS-based system
    initialization process.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_boot_process
    To boot Linux, a boot loader must be installed. The boot loader
    being responsible for loading the kernel and initial ramdisk before
    initiating the boot process.

They will do nicely to update my 1970's preconceptions - think paper 
tape and PDP11's prior to introduction of the RX01/RX02 floppies
and later exposure to an 8085 based embedded system. Now {perhaps ;} my 
questions will be phrased so that they make sense to those used to 
current technology.

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Installing the installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-14 15:50 +0200
  Re: Installing the installer "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-09-14 17:00 +0200
    Re: Installing the installer Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-19 16:00 +0200
      Re: Installing the installer "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-09-19 17:20 +0200
        Re: Installing the installer Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-09-19 21:10 +0200
          Re: Installing the installer "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-09-19 22:20 +0200
      A custom installer - was [Installing the installer] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-23 17:50 +0200
        Re: A custom installer - was [Installing the installer] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-24 15:50 +0200
  Re: Installing the installer Kushal Kumaran <kushal@locationd.net> - 2017-09-15 05:10 +0200
  Towards a customized netinst {a rephrasing of "Installing the  installer"} Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-21 15:10 +0200
    Re: Towards a customized netinst "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-09-21 16:50 +0200
      Re: Towards a customized netinst Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-09-22 16:10 +0200

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