Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-31 Thread Zoran Kolic
And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external drive shouldn't be the easiest option. I installed debian on headless server with no problem. No cd drive. What should be a problem with usb stick in usb adapter? nor does its owner have any friends with an optical

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread briand
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:23:23 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:16:12 +0200, Dirk wrote: (...) someone point me to a fucking image for an USB stick before i install windows and throw my shit out of the window... fucking shit... (...) Refrain your

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:47:58 -0700, briand wrote: On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:23:23 + (UTC) Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: (...) P.S. If you don't want to read, then reconsider using any linux distribution. You will have to read a lot... only if you want to learn anything :-) For

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread Per Carlson
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:22, Walter Hurry walterhu...@lavabit.com wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external drive shouldn't be the easiest option. So this hypothetical system doesn't have Linux,

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:45:28 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:22, Walter Hurry walterhu...@lavabit.com wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external drive shouldn't be the easiest

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-29 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Jul 2011 at 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: Where the first sentence reads: To prepare the USB stick, you will need a system where GNU/Linux is already running and where USB is supported.. So, to install Debian from an USB-stick you need a system where Debian (for example) is

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110727_234546, Scott Ferguson wrote: The official Debian howto have always been reliable - the signal to I cannot find the official Debian howto. Can you give a link to it? I think you are mistaken about there being an official Debian howto. I find many Debian howtos on many topics, many

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/07/11 16:48, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110727_234546, Scott Ferguson wrote: The official Debian howto have always been reliable - the signal to I cannot find the official Debian howto. Why? Seriously. I'm sure the writers would love to work out a way to make their work more accessible

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Per Carlson
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it's with the official documentation:- http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en Where the first sentence reads: To prepare the USB stick, you will need a system where GNU/Linux is already

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it's with the official documentation:- http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en Where the first sentence reads: To prepare the USB

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Per Carlson
On 28 Jul 2011 23:31, Walter Hurry walterhu...@lavabit.com wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it's with the official documentation:-

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it's with the official documentation:- http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en Where the first sentence reads: To prepare the USB stick,

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE? Additional info.

2011-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110727_040721, Paul E Condon wrote: It also works with debian-6.0.1a-i386-businesscard.iso I have looked into putting the installer on a USB device several times in the past, but have always been put off by the perceived messyness of the process, like OP. The only slightly complex issue

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external drive shouldn't be the easiest option. So this hypothetical system doesn't have Linux, nor does it have an optical drive, nor does its owner have any friends with an

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread shawn wilson
On osx, the hardest part if running diskutil to find the device of the usb drive. Then su and go. On Jul 28, 2011 6:18 PM, Rick Thomas rbtho...@pobox.com wrote: On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/07/11 07:12, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: Yes it's with the official documentation:- http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en Where the first sentence reads: To prepare the USB stick, you will

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/07/11 07:58, Per Carlson wrote: On 28 Jul 2011 23:31, Walter Hurry walterhu...@lavabit.com wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com wrote: snipped Well, there are ways, but the best

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE? Additional info.

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/07/11 09:06, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110727_040721, Paul E Condon wrote: It also works with debian-6.0.1a-i386-businesscard.iso I have looked into putting the installer on a USB device several times in the past, but have always been put off by the perceived messyness of the process,

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE? Additional info.

2011-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110729_111724, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 29/07/11 09:06, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110727_040721, Paul E Condon wrote: It also works with debian-6.0.1a-i386-businesscard.iso I have looked into putting the installer on a USB device several times in the past, but have always been put

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Dom
On 27/07/11 02:57, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to install a number of test systems recently. I'd like to try this. Can you give some

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110727_070255, Dom wrote: On 27/07/11 02:57, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to install a number of test systems recently. I'd like

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Jul 2011 at 04:07:21 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: Was it always this easy and people writing HOWTOs just didn't know? http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/09/msg02279.html http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/Debian_USB_install_from_hybrid_iso/ http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread shawn wilson
Heh, I didn't know about the hybrid ISO... always used bootstrap. I'll probably keep doing it this way just because. However, in a pinch, that's pretty cool. BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that and work? Ie, if I download the latest puppy, or slack, or or

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 This is just OP swear words amazing ! I did not know this could be possible. -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I haven't checked it but I may be installed on USB. I installed ubuntu and other live distro from usb , by using unetbootin. So if you use inetbootin to install the iso ( regular CD1 iso) to usb, then reboot from the usb and you can install on hard disk thru this usb. We

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 06:24, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Dirk wrote: snipped i dont want to read snipped Re the subject line: in your case, no. Look kids - that's evolution at work. Told you it was vertical not horizontal. (sigh). Cheers -- Supreme Court says

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 20:07, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110727_070255, Dom wrote: On 27/07/11 02:57, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to install a

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 21:49, shawn wilson wrote: Heh, I didn't know about the hybrid ISO... always used bootstrap. I'll probably keep doing it this way just because. However, in a pinch, that's pretty cool. BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that and work? Ie, if I

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 21:59, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 This is just OP swear words amazing ! I did not know this could be possible. They breed and post comments on Youtube too. Cheers -- Supreme

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Jul 2011 at 07:49:09 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that and work? Ie, if I download the latest puppy, or slack, or or cent, or vyatta, or bill and Ted's most excellent linux distro ISO image, is there a better way to

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Gavin
On 26 July 2011 13:16, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? Go back to Ubuntu, ASSHOLE!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Dirk
On 07/26/11 13:43, Gavin wrote: On 26 July 2011 13:16, Dirknoi...@gmx.net wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? Go back to Ubuntu, ASSHOLE!!! i got angry.. :o -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Huang, Tao
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Dirk noi...@gmx.net wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? [snip] debian iso images have native usb stick support. what u want is a one-liner. and i won't explain too much

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Huang, Tao
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:15 PM, thuilliercharmet n...@illogal.net wrote: not sure that your minority will be part of my global diversity . franckly and directly. With my best that i can at the moment because i have the same problem than you : no dvd reader (means i am limited in

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Dom
On 26/07/11 18:38, Mark Grieveson wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? (snip) Wow, I just spent the last five minutes laughing. Even though I don't feel this is the most productive way to ask for

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:17 +0100, Dom wrote: The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to install a number of test systems recently. And Squeeze. No problems at all with a USB stick. -- To

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Brian
On Tue 26 Jul 2011 at 13:38:14 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: However, I wonder why I'd have to use a 16 MB iso image for a usb stick, rather than a regular install image. Wonder why no longer; read *all* the messages in this thread; recognise the power of an iso-hybrid image. :)

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Dirk wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? i ente ..snip of rant. FUCKING INSTALL ASSHOLE DEBIAN FROM MY USB STICK? who is

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: On 26/07/11 18:38, Mark Grieveson wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? (snip) Wow, I just spent the last five minutes laughing. Even though I don't feel this is