Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > This is really an embarrassing question for an old Debian hand to > ask, but how do I install Debian? > > I just bought a "netbook" which has no CDROM drive, but which can > boot from a USB stick. I could dd an Ubuntu image to the stick and > then boot from it. But I prefer just plain old Debian. > > I found (through the Debian home page) an image called > debian-503-i386-netinst.iso. I dd'd it to the stick. But the > netbook does not boot from it. > > There must be something very elementary which I did wrong. But what? >
honestly, since I started using UNetbootin I haven't looked back. -- Arrant Drivel - really, it's just trash... http://www.arrantdrivel.com/ Where the road takes me - a highwayman's perspective http://www.prestonboyington.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org