On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Tom Allison <t...@tacocat.net> wrote:
This just got harder. > I'm trying to just do a reinstall but I only have a macbook to work from. > And the installation media can only be a USB drive. > > I am having all kinds of trouble getting an ISO image onto the USB that > will work. > > I can 'cat debian.iso > /dev/disk1s1' well enough. > And the machine will recognize the disk at start up, but it never sees it > as a bootable device and just hangs. > > Many of the other instructions are assuming you have a working linux box, > which I don't. The files/packages I need to download to build a bootable > image I don't have and I can not get either -- apt-get is locked up on > dependencies that I'm unable to resolve. > > First: when I download a ISO for the Debian netinst image it's reported as > 'unable to open' on mac. > "no mountable file systems" is the exact error. > Don't top post. Don't use cat either, try dd if=/image.iso of=/disk1s1. You will need to first turn the boot magic-bit on, w/ a/ sysctl cmd (I know it works in *bsd, not sure about OS X. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
