On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:20:19 +0000
Curtis Maurand via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm new to the mailing list, but not new to devuan. I've been running
> devuan ascii in production for a couple of years. I really like the
> product. My system is so much more stable without systemd and all the
> bull associated with Ubuntu.
>
> I've been trying to use the net-install from a USB stick on a system
> that does not have a CD-ROM attacted. It has been a failure.

SS: A useful item in my kit is a external USB-CD/DVD drive.
LS: In the past I've built every boxen with a CD/DVD and most of
them only needed it for installation or problem, so I've accumulated
copious drives over the years. One external CD/DVDS drive solved
all that and saved money & time and I can copy CDs/DVDs when required.
>
> Here are the troubles. If any of you have work arounds, I'd be
> grateful

That was why I purchased the external USB CD/DVD drive, it solved
all the problems one had to deal with net-installs and
bootp(shudder).