On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Andrew Reid <rei...@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
Hi -- > > The instructions I used don't seem to have that requirement -- you just > need "dd", which Macs can do, I think. > > According to my (slightly dated, and possibly fragmentary) notes, > I got "boot.img.gz" from: > > <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer- > i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz> > > (NB 32-bit, and probably was Lenny when I did this, but others are > supposed to work...) > > Then, plug in your USB device, do "zcat /path/to/boot.img.gz > /dev/sd<x>" > (substitute OS-specific nomenclature for /dev/sd<x>), mount /dev/sdx (it > will > have a bootable FAT32 file-system), and copy the ISO of your choice to the > root of the device. > > Then unmount, and boot your installation target system from it. > > I have a dim recollection that the name of the ISO file mattered, > and had to match a config entry on the USB device somewhere, but my > notes, alas, don't cover that case. > > Also, the ISO can't be too big -- you'll want the net-install ISO > for this. > dd if=/path/image.iso of=/path/device is all you need. What you should pat attention to is this 1) the image is bootable, all debian iso images are. 2) the size of the iso, make sure it will fit on your device Andrew's directions would work but it seems an ass-backwards way to achieve the same result in 1 cmd vs 2. But hey, if it works, it works. cating an iso onto a device is pretty much a surefire way to fail at some point. Your better off doing it in a prescribed, known to work method. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
