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Re: Installing the installer

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On 09/14/2017 09:51 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I wish to "install" to an arbitrary ext2/ext4 partition in such
>> a manner
>> that:
>>   1. Grub2 will recognize it as a legit OS.
>
> Why not install - without quotes - Debian to as few partitions
> as possible ?

Because that is NOT my current goal.

> The system in the ISO can surely be booted somehow up to some point.
> But even if it boots completely, it is not prepared to act as general
> purpose GNU/Linux. It's job is to install Debian.

We agree. However, my goal is NOT a "general purpose GNU/Linux".
My goal IS a "thingy/dodad/whatsit" which can perform a single task.
That task being to be indistinguishable, to a human at a terminal, from 
a standard installer residing on a CD/DVD.

>
>> xorriso -osirrox on ... -extract / /media/richard/netinst1
>
> (This is just one way to copy the directory tree out of the ISO into
> a disk tree. xorriso packs them up and packs them out.)

I assumed that using xorriso on both ends would give me a "byte for 
byte" copy. That would imply that whatever was on the deveolper's end 
was not bootable.  ????

>
> [SNIP]
>
> But actually you want a runnable normal GNU/Linux.

No.
I want a "thingy/dodad/whatsit" that will install Debian to another 
location, be it device or partition.

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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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