On Sat 14 Jul 2012 at 18:43:59 -0400, Loic J. Duros wrote: > I used Debian Wheezy net install to partition and install Debian on > a 32G thumbdrive. The installation went well, and I was able to boot > using Grub2. However, since I couldn't boot my regular hard drive > debian install without the usb stick in, I have reset grub and now I > can't boot in debian in the stick. > > The issue though is that I would like to use the USB stick on a > computer that does not have grub or any GNU/Linux distro installed. > > Someone on #debian directed me towards extlinux/syslinux.
Use extlinux/syslinux by all means if you wish, but being able boot a USB stick on any computer is certainly possible. I've done it at least half a dozen times today. In brief, all that is needed is for GRUB to be installed to the MBR of the stick and for /boot/grub/grub.cfg to reflect the OS which is on the stick. It might not be a bad idea for you to say what you did to get in this situation. Exact commands used would be helpful. Also what do you mean by 'reset grub'? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120715000015.GT3591@desktop
