On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jan Willem Stumpel <jstum...@planet.nl> wrote: > This is really an embarrassing question for an old Debian hand to > ask, but how do I install Debian? > > I just bought a "netbook" which has no CDROM drive, but which can > boot from a USB stick. I could dd an Ubuntu image to the stick and > then boot from it. But I prefer just plain old Debian. > > I found (through the Debian home page) an image called > debian-503-i386-netinst.iso. I dd'd it to the stick. But the > netbook does not boot from it. > > There must be something very elementary which I did wrong. But what?
What you are looking for is labeled "hd-media". It doesn't mean high density media (floppies). It means USB. Good luck, Lee Winter NP Engineerinr Nashua, New Hampshire -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
