I've followed instructions on: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/ch04s04.html
And I've got a Boot Failed message after trying to boot the USB stick from the F12 menu on the Thinkpad. At the bottom of the page, it warns about a possible "invalid master boot record (MBR)". So after `install-mbr /dev/sda`, I get a different message. MBR 123FA. I can change those trailing values by randomly pressing some keys if that means anything. I've tried the: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz and the sarge: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz Both resulted in "Boot Failed". Also I've seemed to have b0rked the USB key after the zcat. cfdisk reports: FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 0: Partition begins after end-of-disk And here is some stuff from dmesg: usb-storage: device found at 12 usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning Vendor: LG Model: XTICK Rev: 2.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 ready SCSI device sda: 1024000 512-byte hdwr sectors (524 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 sda: assuming drive cache: write through SCSI device sda: 1024000 512-byte hdwr sectors (524 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 sda: assuming drive cache: write through sda:<3>ldm_parse_privhead(): Cannot find PRIVHEAD structure. LDM database is corrupt. Aborting. ldm_validate_privheads(): Cannot find PRIVHEAD 1. unable to read partition table sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda usb-storage: device scan complete Any clues appreciated! Best wishes, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
