03-12-2009
the reason java is not installed is it is not compatible with the licenses of the software distribution. It is simple enough to download and install and there are plenty of distributions that will allow you to easily install it.
OpenSUSE 11.1, I believe, has it available in their repositories. I'd give them a try.
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di-netboot-assistant
DI-NETBOOT-ASSISTANT(1) User Commands DI-NETBOOT-ASSISTANT(1)
NAME
di-netboot-assistant - Debian-Installer netboot assistant
SYNOPSIS
di-netboot-assistant [-hv] [--verbose] [--offline] {[install image...] | [purge image...] | [rebuild-menu] } [--arch=arch]
DESCRIPTION
di-netboot-assistant is a simple tool to download and extract latest debian installer netboot images.
Unless the -h, --help, -v, or --version option is given, one of the commands below must be present.
install
install is followed by a repository name desired for installation. The repository name has to be one of those declared in /etc/di-
netboot-assistant/di-sources.list. The image will be installed/extracted in the default location (declared in /etc/di-netboot-
assistant/di-netboot-assistant.conf).
purge
purge will remove a previously installed d-i netboot image, according to the image name specified.
OPTIONS
rebuild-menu
rebuild-menu will rebuild the to level menu. It's only usefull if you have installed some client images that have such top level menu
(like i386, amd64 and ia64). This command takes no argument.
-h, --help Print this message and exit
-v, --version
Print script version and exit
--arch=arch
Specify the architecture you want to install or purge. The architecture you can use for the install action must be declared in
/etc/di-netboot-assistant/di-sources.list. The architecture you can use for purge action in one of those you previously installed !
The usable architectures can be listed by leaving --arch= empty. The default architecture is the current one (as reported by dpkg's
APT::Architecture).
--verbose
Verbose messages
--offline
Don't download the file (simply re-extract and build menu)
PROXY
di-netboot-assistant uses wget or curl to actually download the files. You can set the environnement variables accordingly.
AUTHOR
di-netboot-assistant was written by Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>.
Franklin Piat May 2008 DI-NETBOOT-ASSISTANT(1)