On 26/09/11 23:08, Jan Olav Agle wrote: > I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. > On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick.
boot.img.gz is *just* the boot loader. To make it function you *must also* copy an .iso image to the USB-stick - or else it gives your *that* message. :-) > It failed > halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. HowTo:- wget hd-media.img wget cd.iso dd if=hd-media.img of=/dev/stick mount /dev/stick /mnt cp cd.iso /mnt umount /mnt > Not > wasting time, I dd'ed the netinstall iso onto the stick and installed. The netinstall contains a bootloader..... # parted debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso print debian-6.0.2.1-i386-netinst.iso: 198MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.8kB 198MB 198MB primary boot, hidden > > As far as I know, the debian-6.0.2.1-i386-netinst.iso is the ONLY one > that can be used on both USB and CD-rom. Why not give > debian-6.0.2.1-i386-CD-1.iso the same functionality???? ISO-hybrid boot is tricky - and is not supported on all machines (and even then sometimes required fiddling with the BIOS). It also doesn't play well with multi-arch... There are issues with jigdo (which you are strongly encouraged to use when downloading CD/DVD images):- http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2010/09/msg00017.html Additionally the CD/DVD images are designed primarily for CD/DVD installations, so I'm guessing that's the prime consideration when choosing a boot scheme. You might want to check that CD2 doesn't have ISO-hybrid boot... in the dim past I've been able to boot from the second CD when the first CD wouldn't. Coverting a standard ISO image to an ISO-hybrid image is not hard either. > The > netinstall-image install requires much time on slow lines. Quick way # cat debian-6.0.2.1-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/stick # parted /dev/sde print Model: TOSHIBA TransMemory (scsi) Disk /dev/sde: 1999MB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.8kB 198MB 198MB primary boot, hidden > > I HAVE tried dd'ing debian-6.0.2.1-i386-CD-1.iso to a stick. It will > not boot. Didn't expect it to do either. Had to try. Needs the boot.hd.img (first). Cheers -- 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/4e811b07.6050...@gmail.com