Wookey <[email protected]> writes: > [Forwarded from Debian-arm list to somewherre where the answers might > be better known. ]
Please forward this back if it's really arm-related. > From: Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Starting Debian installer from Grub2 on Flash > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:12:39 +0100 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Le lundi 28 février 2011 à 23:02 +0100, Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE a > écrit : > >> Can Debian installer be started and installed on the same CF Flash? >> We would like users to be able to make their own installation using >> Debian installer and network. Therefore a minimal installer should >> reside on CF. A "bonus" would be the installer being recognized by >> Grub2 and proposed as a rescue boot. > > I followed instructions from the Debian installer hd-media. > This is an ALIX 2D13 board with serial console. > > So I modified sys.conf to boot from console (ok). > Then I modified the image bootloader with serial console support (ok). > > Now the CD net-install image boots but does not recognize the flash > drive. > > I am aware that PXE installation works. But we would like to offer users > and installer on FLASH to ease installation. I'd recommend trying the netboot (not netinst!) image: download its linux kernel and initrd.gz from eg. http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/ (or alternatively download netboot.tar.gz from two levels higher and extract them from it), and configure Grub2 to load those. Then you'll get the equivalent of a PXE installation, but started from flash. -- Regards, Feri. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
