Package: installation-reports Boot method: usb, since i have no external floppy or cd-drive at the moment Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso Date: Mi 6. Dez 09:44:57 CET 2006
Machine: IBM Thinkpad X40 Processor: Intel Pentium M 1GHz ULV Memory: 768 MB Partitions: no no Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn, because no successful boot Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [ E] Comments/Problems: Unable to boot from usb pen drive. Two approaches: 1. $ wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc1/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz $ gunzip boot.img.gz $ wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso $ wget http://freshmeat.net/redir/syslinux/10177/url_bz2/syslinux-3.31.tar.bz2 $ tar xjvf syslinux-3.11.tar.bz2 syslinux-3.11/mbr.bin $ fdisk /dev/sda delete all partitions, create a new primary partition anlegen, activate partition, save and exit $ cat syslinux-3.11/mbr.bin > /dev/sda $ mount -o loop boot.img /mnt $ cp /mnt/* /media/disk/ $ cp debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso /media/disk boot show following error message: Disk error Press any key to restart 2. $ wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc1/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz $ wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso $ wget http://freshmeat.net/redir/syslinux/10177/url_bz2/syslinux-3.31.tar.bz2 $ tar xjvf syslinux-3.11.tar.bz2 syslinux-3.11/mbr.bin $ fdisk /dev/sda delete all partitions, create a new primary partition anlegen, activate partition, save and exit $ zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda $ cp debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso /media/Debian\ Inst/ (name of usb pen drive changed to Debian Inst after 'zcat') boot show following error message: Boot error In general, if I try to choose the boot media (F12) it gives me two possibilities: Hard disk or usb hard drive (but it is an usb pen drive), although all options in the bios are enabled (boot from usb hard drive as well as boot from usb floppy and usb cd). Regards, Sten -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]