Re: Installing Debian using USB Key
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Installing a new mbr should not be necessary, but if you do unmout your >> stick before doing it. >> >>> sudo install-mbr /dev/sdX > > Ok let me try again without this. That's even worse. When I reboost. Hit F12, select USB devices (instead the hard drive number), then nothing is happening... I'll give testing a try... -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing Debian using USB Key
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Florian Kriener wrote: > On Friday 27 November 2009 18:31:18 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> wget >> http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX > > Did you unmount your USB stick first and did you substitute sdX with the > right device file? If not zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX just creates the > file sdX and copies the unpacked boot.img.gz to it. > > You can find out which device you are using by calling mount from > command line and without any arguments after mounting your usb stick > like always. You should see something like > > /dev/sdf1 on /media/KINGSTON type ext3 > > where /dev/sdf would be the device of your usb stick. > > It is important to unmount your usb stick before writing to it via the > device file directly, else your data will get corrupted. > > Then you will have to mount your stick again, then copy your netinst.iso > to it. Note that your stick might no longer be called KINGSTON now. I think I got it right: $ find /media/Debian\ Inst /media/Debian Inst /media/Debian Inst/ldlinux.sys /media/Debian Inst/linux /media/Debian Inst/initrd.gz /media/Debian Inst/initrdg.gz /media/Debian Inst/disk.lbl /media/Debian Inst/adgtk.cfg /media/Debian Inst/adtxt.cfg /media/Debian Inst/exithelp.cfg /media/Debian Inst/gtk.cfg /media/Debian Inst/menu.cfg /media/Debian Inst/prompt.cfg /media/Debian Inst/stdmenu.cfg /media/Debian Inst/syslinux.cfg /media/Debian Inst/txt.cfg /media/Debian Inst/f1.txt /media/Debian Inst/f10.txt /media/Debian Inst/f2.txt /media/Debian Inst/f3.txt /media/Debian Inst/f4.txt /media/Debian Inst/f5.txt /media/Debian Inst/f6.txt /media/Debian Inst/f7.txt /media/Debian Inst/f8.txt /media/Debian Inst/f9.txt /media/Debian Inst/vesamenu.c32 /media/Debian Inst/splash.png /media/Debian Inst/setup.exe /media/Debian Inst/g2ldr /media/Debian Inst/g2ldr.mbr /media/Debian Inst/win32-loader.ini /media/Debian Inst/debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso >> wget >> http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-503-am >> d64-netinst.iso >> cp debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso /media/KINGSTON > > Installing a new mbr should not be necessary, but if you do unmout your > stick before doing it. > >> sudo install-mbr /dev/sdX Ok let me try again without this. Thanks, -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Installing Debian using USB Key
On Friday 27 November 2009 18:31:18 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > wget > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX Did you unmount your USB stick first and did you substitute sdX with the right device file? If not zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX just creates the file sdX and copies the unpacked boot.img.gz to it. You can find out which device you are using by calling mount from command line and without any arguments after mounting your usb stick like always. You should see something like /dev/sdf1 on /media/KINGSTON type ext3 where /dev/sdf would be the device of your usb stick. It is important to unmount your usb stick before writing to it via the device file directly, else your data will get corrupted. Then you will have to mount your stick again, then copy your netinst.iso to it. Note that your stick might no longer be called KINGSTON now. > wget > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-503-am > d64-netinst.iso > cp debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso /media/KINGSTON Installing a new mbr should not be necessary, but if you do unmout your stick before doing it. > sudo install-mbr /dev/sdX HIH, Flo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Installing Debian using USB Key
Hi there, I am trying to setup a machine without a CD drive. So I thought the simpliest would be the USB solution: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html I followed the steps and did: wget http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX wget http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/5.0.3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso cp debian-503-amd64-netinst.iso /media/KINGSTON sudo install-mbr /dev/sdX When I start the other computer with the USB key in, it display "MBR 1234FA:" and then just stops... Is there a way to debug or see what is going on ? Thanks, -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
