Package: installation-reports This is mainly to report that I had some trouble installing the software on the USB. Generally available versions of boot.img.gz screwed up the USB drive, after doing: zcat /data/Downloads/Debian/boot.img.gz > /dev/sda the drive became unreadable. However, the daily image listed below worked OK.
The other problem I had was knowing which iso image to install. http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html just says "copy a Debian netinst or businesscard ISO image to it." which I did not find particularly helpful. Also I understand that it is important to get the iso image from the same source as the boot.img.gz file. Boot method: USB On another Linux computer I: Downloaded http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz and Image version: http://gensho.acc.umu.se/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Inserted a usb flash memory and in a user terminal did zcat /data/Downloads/Debian/boot.img.gz > /dev/sda Then in a root terminal did: mount /dev/sda /mnt cp /data/Downloads/Debian/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso /mnt umount /mnt (see http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html) Date: 3/11/08 Machine: MSI Wind U90 The rest of the installation was fairly straightforward though I have not got around to getting the wireless to work yet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]