I hadn't tried to make a bootable Lenny usb memory stick in a few months and
now cannot seem to make the stick bootable by following the instructions
here
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-flexibleand
using the files here
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/.
Tried various usb 1 GB sticks to test on, and added the official 5.0.2 cd
.iso file (my understanding is the .iso is independent of the boot files on
the usb memory stick).
I've used an existing Lenny installation and just added the dosfstools and
syslinux packages so they should be the latest versions, in addition to
trying an Ubuntu Live CD and neither has worked. This procedure seems
simple, what am I doing wrong? Files currently on the usb memory stick I'm
trying to make bootable (I used "shred" to blank the drive before formatting
to FAT16 so no old files hanging around):
debian-502-i386-CD-1.iso
initrd.gz
syslinux.cfg
vmlinuz
Plus the .sys file syslinux put on there, that is locked.
Contents of syslinux.cfg:
default vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz
Thanks for any ideas.
Mark
