[GTALUG] Why can't I do a Debian netinstall of unstable or testing?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Mon Dec 8 15:35:23 UTC 2014


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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