How to run the Alternate CD from USB-Stick?

[Narcissus]

Do you inform the kernel of where the alternate image is?

2008/8/23 Hadmut Danisch <hadmut at danisch.de>

> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 09:09:39AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>
> >     I see no reason why the Alternate CD could not be put on a USB
> > stick. There might be a problem getting it to boot, but once booted it
> > should be fine. You only need a 1GB devise :-)
> >
>
>
> It works, it boots, and I even have a 2GB device.
> It asks for keyboard detection and so on, everything is fine,
> but then, as part of the installation procedure, it insists on
> finding the CDROM drive, which is obviously not present.
>
> It is not a problem of booting.
>
> It is just the problem that the installation procedure does not
> deal with the case that the repository is not on a CDROM.
>
> regards
>
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Huang Wentao
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