After replacing the ISO with a regular business card one this workes just fine / the netinstall ones failed reporting not being able to access the CDROM ...
Joh Johannes Graumann wrote: > Johannes Graumann wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install a driveles system via an USB memory stick like so: >> >> - get >> > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> -get >> > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso >> - check by udevmonitor where memorystick ends up (/dev/sdd) >> - zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdd >> - mount /dev/sdd /mnt/dummy >> - cp mini.iso /mnt/dummy/ >> - umount /mnt/dummy >> - boot into diskles system, make bios treat usb devices like harddrives >> - reboot and boot from usb memory stick >> - pass language selection, keyboard layout and scan for hard disks in >> installer >> >> This always fails to find the mini.iso > > I was mistaken with my last statement: the installer finds the ISO, but > dismisses it with the following statement > "while one or more possible iso images were found they did not > look like valid installer ISO images." > Where do I err? > > Thanks for your hints, Joh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]