Re: USB boot on buggy bioses recipe
> Hi this may not work with debian, > but I have/had a similar issue with loading Ubunutu onto a machine with > a partly broken CD (would boot but would have difficulty reading some > parts on the CD). > > With my machine the BIOS was not able to boot from USB. > > You can eject the CD just after the kernel and casper has started > loading and when it gets to the second splash screen/loading root > filesystem it the searches all the places it can including USB. > > It then proceeds to load the rest of the system. > > I suspect that you could use a floppy for the first part of the boot, > just to get it aware enough to understand USB, but have not proved this. > > Hope this is helpful, > Simon. > > Maybe a micro iso ( Types: iso, net. ) plus "usbboot" without root file system asking where to load from or trying successively /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 ... ___ Debian-live-devel mailing list Debian-live-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel
Re: USB boot on buggy bioses recipe
Hi this may not work with debian, but I have/had a similar issue with loading Ubunutu onto a machine with a partly broken CD (would boot but would have difficulty reading some parts on the CD). With my machine the BIOS was not able to boot from USB. You can eject the CD just after the kernel and casper has started loading and when it gets to the second splash screen/loading root filesystem it the searches all the places it can including USB. It then proceeds to load the rest of the system. I suspect that you could use a floppy for the first part of the boot, just to get it aware enough to understand USB, but have not proved this. Hope this is helpful, Simon. ___ Debian-live-devel mailing list Debian-live-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-live-devel
Re: USB boot on buggy bioses recipe
Can one do it using Debian Installer ? (to install debian in the USB
pendrive to boot )?.
Regards.
http://live.debian.net/wiki/Installer
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From: "Lluís Gras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 2:22 PM
Subject: USB boot on buggy bioses recipe
Hi ... we have about 30 pc at school that doesn't boot correctly from usb
devices, by now i'm doing network installs with partimage but in some
cases, wifi access only pc i don't know how to do it. In these i like to
install our own Live Debian based distro, Xarnoppix build up with
makeliveusbcd a very similar project but with diferent guidelines
regarding points 2 and 3 of Debian Live Initiative.
I think the recipe would be helpful when Debian Live allows usb boot, ...
it seems to work correctly in i386.
xarbox:~# grub-floppy /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# fdformat /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# mke2fs /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0
xarbox:~# mkdir -p /media/floppy0/boot/grub
xarbox:~# touch /media/floppy0/boot/grub/{menu.lst,device.map}
xarbox:~# nano /media/floppy0/boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
title Xarnoppix USB BOOT FLOPPY
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.img
xarbox:~# nano /media/floppy0/boot/grub/device.map
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/sdb
# I have a SATA disk ( /dev/sda ) then USB device becomes /dev/sdb
xarbox:~# grub-install --root-directory=/media/floppy0 '(fd0)'
xarbox:~# umount /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# reboot
cu
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USB boot on buggy bioses recipe
Hi ... we have about 30 pc at school that doesn't boot correctly from usb
devices, by now i'm doing network installs with partimage but in some
cases, wifi access only pc i don't know how to do it. In these i like to
install our own Live Debian based distro, Xarnoppix build up with
makeliveusbcd a very similar project but with diferent guidelines
regarding points 2 and 3 of Debian Live Initiative.
I think the recipe would be helpful when Debian Live allows usb boot, ...
it seems to work correctly in i386.
xarbox:~# grub-floppy /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# fdformat /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# mke2fs /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0
xarbox:~# mkdir -p /media/floppy0/boot/grub
xarbox:~# touch /media/floppy0/boot/grub/{menu.lst,device.map}
xarbox:~# nano /media/floppy0/boot/grub/menu.lst
default 0
timeout 10
color cyan/blue white/blue
title Xarnoppix USB BOOT FLOPPY
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd.img
xarbox:~# nano /media/floppy0/boot/grub/device.map
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/sdb
# I have a SATA disk ( /dev/sda ) then USB device becomes /dev/sdb
xarbox:~# grub-install --root-directory=/media/floppy0 '(fd0)'
xarbox:~# umount /dev/fd0
xarbox:~# reboot
cu
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