From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org (linserver.romuald.net.eu.org [63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40D0C1A222 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 02:38:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: by linserver.romuald.net.eu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8168D4404B; Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:38:36 -0700 (MST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=romuald.net.eu.org; s=default; t=1333953516; bh=9rEyLYzkJ7RQIZw7jYi9atUrjUWyBb/XRMqg+Yy/mYM=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=V+FKr9OB8lHI4GR9dE8rXyhOAgBQ9deF8j6H1UrUJ7m7BM298e8lUDgf+HzEcngcV r6WOvePpNBWyWQ44rao2efBZF6NhF1ruhX2zQd6IJ8aaE+WLaIMP50hzvXlMJU9zXw fmOLMHCroHTn+e+kHBD54tg7ld5a3DAqYmfEU1QE= Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 23:38:36 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: mixing media, was talking debian install. Message-ID: <20120409063836.GA26201@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20120408233227.GA10362@type> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:38:39 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 12:32:04AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > is it possible to mix media if that media is in different drives? > In this case, I would boot and start the installation from the cd > drive in my computer. However I would be finishing installations an > external DVD drive attached to a USB port. > Still possible? Yes, this should still work, since the installer searches for media before actually starting to do the install. So, you should in fact be able to boot from an internal cd drive, and do the install from dvd in an external drive, provided debian recognizes the external drive, which it should. HTH. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+Cg+wACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBb6wCgh7OeYCmBA+fx1MJiQkkqAKLF n50AmgJ6jNKbKBN0SvaMKlN1wB8YDz4S =dw1v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----