Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-31 Thread Zoran Kolic
> And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external > drive shouldn't be the easiest option. I installed debian on headless server with no problem. No cd drive. What should be a problem with usb stick in usb adapter? > > nor does its owner have any friends with an optical d

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:45:28 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:22, Walter Hurry > wrote: >> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: >> >>> And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an >>> external drive shouldn't be the easiest option. >> >>

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread Per Carlson
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:22, Walter Hurry wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > >> And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external >> drive shouldn't be the easiest option. > > So this hypothetical system doesn't have Linux, nor does it have a

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-30 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:47:58 -0700, briand wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:23:23 + (UTC) Camaleón > wrote: (...) >> P.S. If you don't want to read, then reconsider using any linux >> distribution. You will have to read a lot... >> >> > only if you want to learn anything :-) For those who

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-29 Thread briand
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:23:23 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:16:12 +0200, Dirk wrote: > > (...) > > > someone point me to a fucking image for an USB stick before i install > > windows and throw my shit out of the window... fucking shit... > > (...) > > Refrain your langua

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-29 Thread Brian
On Thu 28 Jul 2011 at 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will > need a system where GNU/Linux is already running and where USB is > supported.". So, to install Debian from an USB-stick you need a system > where Debian (for example) i

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE? Additional info.

2011-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110729_111724, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 29/07/11 09:06, Paul E Condon wrote: > > On 20110727_040721, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> It also works with debian-6.0.1a-i386-businesscard.iso > >> I have looked into putting the installer on a USB device several times > >> in the past, but have always

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE? Additional info.

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/07/11 09:06, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110727_040721, Paul E Condon wrote: >> It also works with debian-6.0.1a-i386-businesscard.iso >> I have looked into putting the installer on a USB device several times >> in the past, but have always been put off by the perceived messyness >> of the p

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/07/11 07:58, Per Carlson wrote: > On 28 Jul 2011 23:31, "Walter Hurry" wrote: >> >> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson >>> wrote: >> Well, there are ways, but the best bet for most will be to download, burn >> *and

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/07/11 07:12, Per Carlson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> Yes it's with the official documentation:- >> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en > > Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will > need a system where GNU

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread shawn wilson
On osx, the hardest part if running diskutil to find the device of the usb drive. Then su and go. On Jul 28, 2011 6:18 PM, "Rick Thomas" wrote: > > On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Per Carlson wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson >> wrote: >>> Yes it's with the official documenta

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an external > drive shouldn't be the easiest option. So this hypothetical system doesn't have Linux, nor does it have an optical drive, nor does its owner have any friends with a

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE? Additional info.

2011-07-28 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110727_040721, Paul E Condon wrote: > It also works with debian-6.0.1a-i386-businesscard.iso > I have looked into putting the installer on a USB device several times > in the past, but have always been put off by the perceived messyness > of the process, like OP. The only slightly complex iss

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Rick Thomas
On Jul 28, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Per Carlson wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson wrote: Yes it's with the official documentation:- http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will need a system where GNU

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Per Carlson
On 28 Jul 2011 23:31, "Walter Hurry" wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson > > wrote: > >> Yes it's with the official documentation:- > >> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en > > > > Where the firs

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Walter Hurry
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> Yes it's with the official documentation:- >> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en > > Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will need >

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Per Carlson
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 09:15, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Yes it's with the official documentation:- > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04.html.en Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will need a system where GNU/Linux is already running and where USB is support

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/07/11 16:48, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110727_234546, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> The official Debian howto have always been reliable - the signal to > > I cannot find the official Debian howto. Why? Seriously. I'm sure the writers would love to work out a way to make their work more access

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110727_234546, Scott Ferguson wrote: > The official Debian howto have always been reliable - the signal to I cannot find the official Debian howto. Can you give a link to it? I think you are mistaken about there being an official Debian howto. I find many Debian howtos on many topics, many o

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Jul 2011 at 07:49:09 -0400, shawn wilson wrote: > BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that > and work? Ie, if I download the latest puppy, or slack, or or cent, or > vyatta, or bill and Ted's most excellent linux distro ISO image, is there a > better way

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 21:59, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Brian wrote: >> http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 > > This is just amazing ! I did not know this could be possible. > > They breed and post comments on Youtube too. Cheers -- Supreme Court says pornography is a

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 21:49, shawn wilson wrote: > Heh, I didn't know about the hybrid ISO... always used bootstrap. I'll > probably keep doing it this way just because. However, in a pinch, that's > pretty cool. > > BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that > and work? Ie, i

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 20:07, Paul E Condon wrote: > On 20110727_070255, Dom wrote: >> On 27/07/11 02:57, Paul E Condon wrote: >>> On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this me

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 27/07/11 06:24, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Dirk wrote: >> >> i dont want to read > > Re the subject line: in your case, no. > Look kids - that's evolution at work. Told you it was vertical not horizontal. (sigh). Cheers -- Supreme Court says pornogr

Re: Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I haven't checked it but I may be installed on USB. I installed ubuntu and other live distro from usb , by using unetbootin. So if you use inetbootin to install the iso ( regular CD1 iso) to usb, then reboot from the usb and you can install on hard disk thru this usb. We m

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Brian wrote: > http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07 This is just amazing ! I did not know this could be possible. -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.d

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread shawn wilson
Heh, I didn't know about the hybrid ISO... always used bootstrap. I'll probably keep doing it this way just because. However, in a pinch, that's pretty cool. BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that and work? Ie, if I download the latest puppy, or slack, or or cent

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Brian
On Wed 27 Jul 2011 at 04:07:21 -0600, Paul E Condon wrote: > Was it always this easy and people writing HOWTOs just didn't know? http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2010/09/msg02279.html http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/Debian_USB_install_from_hybrid_iso/ http://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-27 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110727_070255, Dom wrote: > On 27/07/11 02:57, Paul E Condon wrote: > >On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: > >> > >>The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick > >>(and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to > >>install a number of test systems recentl

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Dom
On 27/07/11 02:57, Paul E Condon wrote: On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to install a number of test systems recently. I'd like to try this. Can you give some deta

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Paul E Condon
On 20110726_190017, Dom wrote: > On 26/07/11 18:38, Mark Grieveson wrote: > >>for the love of everything that doesn't suck... > >> > >>could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian > >>from? > >> > (snip) > > > >Wow, I just spent the last five minutes laughing. Even though I d

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 01:16:12PM +0200, Dirk wrote: > for the love of everything that doesn't suck... > > could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? > > i ente ..snip of rant. > FUCKING INSTALL ASSHOLE DEBIAN FROM MY USB STICK? > > who

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Brian
On Tue 26 Jul 2011 at 13:38:14 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > However, I wonder why I'd have to use a 16 MB iso image for a usb > stick, rather than a regular install image. Wonder why no longer; read *all* the messages in this thread; recognise the power of an iso-hybrid image. :) >

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Walter Hurry
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:17 +0100, Dom wrote: > The Wheezy netinst-cdrom image can certainly be used with a USB stick > (and a USB hard disk too). I've successfully used this method to install > a number of test systems recently. And Squeeze. No problems at all with a USB stick. -- To UNSUBS

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Dom
On 26/07/11 18:38, Mark Grieveson wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? (snip) Wow, I just spent the last five minutes laughing. Even though I don't feel this is the most productive way to ask for assi

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Huang, Tao
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:15 PM, thuilliercharmet wrote: > " not sure that your minority will be part of my "global" diversity . " > franckly and directly. > > With my best that i can at the moment because i have the same problem > than you : no dvd reader (means i am limited in choice OR nob

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Huang, Tao
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Dirk wrote: > for the love of everything that doesn't suck... > > could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? [snip] debian iso images have native usb stick support. what u want is a one-liner. and i won't explain too much to u, in cas

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Dirk
On 07/26/11 13:43, Gavin wrote: On 26 July 2011 13:16, Dirk wrote: for the love of everything that doesn't suck... could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? Go back to Ubuntu, ASSHOLE!!! i got angry.. :o -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@list

Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?

2011-07-26 Thread Gavin
On 26 July 2011 13:16, Dirk wrote: > for the love of everything that doesn't suck... > > could it be any harder to find a USB stick image to install debian from? Go back to Ubuntu, ASSHOLE!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro