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

Thomas Milne thomas.bruce.milne at gmail.com
Mon Dec 8 18:35:14 UTC 2014


On Mon, Dec 8, 2014, 10:35 AM Lennart Sorensen <lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
wrote:

> 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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Okay that's cool. There don't appear to be any USB images but if I recall
Unetbootin can write an ISO to USB.

Many thanks!

Hmmm, wait, could I use that to install the armhf version of Debian on my
Cubox?
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