Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Christian PERRIER
tags 596633 moreinfo thanks Quoting Miles Fidelman (mfidel...@meetinghouse.net): Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB Installer Image version: download of testing files dated 9/10/10 per USB install instructions Please use the *daily built* images from

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Miles Fidelman
daily build doesn't work - details at end Christian PERRIER wrote: tags 596633 moreinfo thanks Quoting Miles Fidelman (mfidel...@meetinghouse.net): Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB Installer Image version: download of testing files dated 9/10/10 per USB install

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
Miles Fidelman wrote: Just tried with the daily build - using vmlinuz dated 9/13/10 10:04 from http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/vmlinuz initrd.gz dated 9/13/10 10:04 from http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/initrd.gz mini.iso dated 9/13/10 10:04

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Miles Fidelman
Joey Hess wrote: The mini.iso contains only the netboot kernel and initrd, it is not useful to put that on a USB stick. I think that the documentation about putting a CD image on the USB stick is fairly clear about using an image that will work, such as the netinst image: Next, download a

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Miles Fidelman (mfidel...@meetinghouse.net): installer starts up, gives the standard language selection, etc., then: - error: no .iso found - continue to menu, tell it to look for iso, I can see it mount both hard disks and USB stick (both /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdc); then comes back

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Miles Fidelman (mfidel...@meetinghouse.net): Err, you're not supposed to put the mini.iso on the USB stick, but either the businesscard or netinst images. the instructions page implies that you can do a netboot, using the .iso found in the /netboot directory - where the only iso

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Miles Fidelman
Christian Perrier wrote: Quoting Miles Fidelman (mfidel...@meetinghouse.net): Err, you're not supposed to put the mini.iso on the USB stick, but either the businesscard or netinst images. the instructions page implies that you can do a netboot, using the .iso found in the

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Joey Hess
Miles Fidelman wrote: Next, download a Debian netinst CD image, and copy that file to the memory stick; any filename is ok as long as it ends in .iso. Actually, the instructions AREN'T that clear. The instructions start out with: There are two installation methods possible when

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-13 Thread Miles Fidelman
Joey Hess wrote: Miles Fidelman wrote: Next, download a Debian netinst CD image, and copy that file to the memory stick; any filename is ok as long as it ends in .iso. Actually, the instructions AREN'T that clear. The instructions start out with: There are two

Bug#596633: USB install fails

2010-09-12 Thread Miles Fidelman
Package: installation-reports Boot method: USB Installer Image version: download of testing files dated 9/10/10 per USB install instructions Date: 9/12/10 5pm EST Machine: custom built tower Processor: Memory: 1G Partitions: Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): Base System Installation