Debconf17 2017-08-08

Installing Debian

Advantages and Features (+)
Disadvantages (-)

debian-installer:
+ it exists and works
+ supports many languages
- custom packages (.udeb)
- a bit difficult to troubleshoot

live image installer:

others: ???

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simple-cdd (2004-2005): a wrapper to create customized debian-installer images

debian-installer (2006): released in sarge

Firefly-RK3288
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* Enable Rockchip platforms (#803166)
* Linux kernel support (#809083)
* Add module needed on Firefly-RK3288 (#815476)
* flash-kernel: add a machine db entry for Firefly-RK3288
* debian-installer: add support for Firefly-RK3288

debian-installer
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An operating system that installs Debian

debian-live
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Boots to a running Debian system
(live-installer launches d-i in a chroot?)

Other tools
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debootstrapstrap, vmdebootstrap, vmdb2, ...

Discussions
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* Users are looking for desktop, but the users don't know which desktop they want.
* Tails: able to clone itself
* Failed to install Debian onto 512M DOM of x86 system.
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busybox

partman recipies
- awful
- encouraes new practices (encryption)

remote access to installer (ssh)


embedded web server for install logs

shell

shortcuts for debugging/rescue mode/etc.

longer latency on key repeat

drop CD support use USB

apt-transport-tor / https

asks about popcon, like that!

preseeding hooks to link to puppet, want better alternatives

firmware in a way that's meaning for the project tarhter than unofficail