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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hello list,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I would like to create a USB flash drive to be used for offline installation of my clients (i.e. no Internet/Intranet access, hence all files/packages required should be stored in and retrieved from the USB memory itself).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I followed the instruction in the FAI guide [1], using “fai-mirror(1)” and “fai-cd(1)”, and everything was ok (I was able to create the image to be copied into the USB stick). BTW, during the installation I see that packages are downloaded from Internet, which it is not what I want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>I suppose the problem is my updatebase hook, which sets the content of “$target/etc/apt/sources.list” to “deb <a href="http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150425T231310Z/">http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20150425T231310Z/</a> jessie main contrib”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>How can I told that hook that “If doing an installation via USB flash drive use the packages stored in the drive itself, otherwise grab them from Internet”? In general, is there a better way to do that? How do you perform offline installation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thank you for your support and best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Giorgio B.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>[1] <a href="http://fai-project.org/fai-guide/%23_a_id_cdboot_a_creating_a_fai_cd_or_and_usb_stick">http://fai-project.org/fai-guide/#_a_id_cdboot_a_creating_a_fai_cd_or_and_usb_stick</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>