On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat 29 Jan 2011 at 21:50:59 -0700, david wildgoose wrote: > >> Below is how I'm setting up the USB install stick: >> >> Downloaded the following files >> http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-i386/20110106/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_rc2/i386/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-netinst.iso >> >> Extracted boot.img.gz using the following command: gzip -dc >> boot.img.gz > /dev/disk1 >> >> Copied the iso image to the USB stick. >> >> Any ideas why the installer is freezing? > > I did something similar only yesterday except using > > zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX > > zcat is equivalent to gzip -d and the image must be written to the disk > not to a partition (e.g. sda1 or sda2) on the disk. > > So I've no concrete idea why the installer is freezing but do have a > suggestion. The netinst.iso is now a hybrid iso > > http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/Debian_USB_install_from_hybrid_iso/ > > and > > http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 > > You could try > > cat debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdX > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110130143321.GH32679@desktop > >
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I ended up using Unetbootin to create the USB installer stick and that worked. However I have a new problem with the installer. When it comes to installing the GRUB boot loader, it fails with the following error: "Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. This is a fatal error. I have Windows XP on a 70gig NTFS partition and would love to keep it as I need it at work :/ Any ideas? Thanks so much! -- David Wildgoose -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTinMOoJy4LGY6OAobCQJtA2DEWd=rWCF=esrl...@mail.gmail.com