On Wed 08 May 2013 at 21:40:56 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote: > 1. Booting from USB flash, USB hard drive, or internal hd, is basically > all the same. You first need to install grub2 on it. If you already have > a running system with grub2 on the hd you want to boot the installer > from, you can skip this step.
I have so I did. It is on an ext4 filesystem > Let's assume your to-be install partition is /dev/sdb1 (file system > should not matter, can be fat32 on USB for example, or any fs linux > supports). You don't need to format this partition. For example mount it > as /media/install. > > Install grub2 (as root) with: > > # grub-install /dev/sdb --root-directory=/media/install > > This will install grub into the MBR of sdb, which you will later use > your BIOS boot menu to boot from, and create a > folder /media/install/boot. > > 2. Now copy the .iso, or since there's this problem I encountered > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/05/msg00291.html) it's easier > to unpack the contents of the iso to /media/install/debian_iso I did this, although usually I extract only the kernel and the initrd. > 3. Edit /media/install/boot/grub/grub.cfg and add the Debian installer > entry. > > If you use your current system's grub, add it to the very bottom. (In > this case, any update-grub, i.e. from a kernel-update of your running > system will overwrite it again) > > The entry should look like this: > > menuentry "Debian 7.0 wheezy installer, x86_64" { > linux /debian_iso/install.amd/vmlinuz priority=low vga=788 -- > initrd /debian_iso/install.amd/initrd.gz > } I have a special cfg file for ISO booting but what went into it was essentially the same as this stanza. > 4. Shutdown, press your BIOS boot-menu key (F10-F12 on most machines) > and select the disk that was /dev/sdb before. > > The Debian installer should come up, you can select language, locale and > stuff and it should "fail to detect the CD-ROM" at some point. Ok up to here. > 5. Now Press Alt+F2 and Enter to get into Busybox's shell. > > Mount your installer partition (careful, it might not be /dev/sdb1 any > more, check with ls /dev/sd*) > > # mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt I didn't expect this to work and indeed it didn't. My understanding is that an ext* module is not available in the installer at this stage of the install. 'cat /proc/filesystems' shows only the expected vfat and iso9660 filesystems. -- 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/20130509183501.GU25306@desktop
