Installing Debian using USB Key

2009-11-27 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi there, I am trying to setup a machine without a CD drive. So I thought the simpliest would be the USB solution: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html I followed the steps and did: wget http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz zcat

Re: Installing Debian using USB Key

2009-11-27 Thread Florian Kriener
On Friday 27 November 2009 18:31:18 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: wget http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz zcat boot.img.gz /dev/sdX Did you unmount your USB stick first and did you substitute sdX with the right device file? If not zcat boot.img.gz /dev/sdX just

Re: Installing Debian using USB Key

2009-11-27 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Florian Kriener flor...@kriener.org wrote: On Friday 27 November 2009 18:31:18 Mathieu Malaterre wrote: wget http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz  zcat boot.img.gz /dev/sdX Did you unmount your USB stick first and did you

Re: Installing Debian using USB Key

2009-11-27 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Mathieu Malaterre mathieu.malate...@gmail.com wrote: Installing a new mbr should not be necessary, but if you do unmout your stick before doing it. sudo install-mbr /dev/sdX Ok let me try again without this. That's even worse. When I reboost. Hit F12, select