Hi there, I am still struggling to create a USB key to install debian. I am following: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html#ftn.id318505
Steps: - Pull in the USB key : SanDisk Corp. SDCZ2 Cruzer Mini Flash Drive (thin) - Make sure it is not mounted (check status of 'df') - Check dmesg status and retrieve dev number (/dev/sdb1 in my case) - Clean partition: $ sudo mkdosfs /dev/sdb1 - Copy boot.img.gz: $ wget http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz $ zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb1 - When command return, check status of disk: $ sudo cfdisk /dev/sdb1 FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 0: Partition begins after end-of-disk Press any key to exit cfdisk Could someone please let me know if this ok ? By the way if I plug/unplug the USB Key, my debian system seems to recognize the disk anyway: $ find /media/Debian\ Inst -exec md5sum {} \; md5sum: /media/Debian Inst: Is a directory 0e5cdf6e8a29b8e06cfb384b13668854 /media/Debian Inst/ldlinux.sys 202e35b58bc43ddb6296fd0bdf4f8b79 /media/Debian Inst/linux 0856f5fa0c0e42407baf69eb7b2c5536 /media/Debian Inst/initrd.gz 918f003b1e153a91b70d5532a3c5611f /media/Debian Inst/initrdg.gz f3f3811c3cb95efc388e707a2ffdf59a /media/Debian Inst/disk.lbl 9f1bde2fa411dede8ac87579c428d8df /media/Debian Inst/prompt.cfg 91a749c0798555327243f7fa6ba72707 /media/Debian Inst/menu.cfg d2bb0ceb8dfc256f613a616556e88f6d /media/Debian Inst/syslinux.cfg 5ea01089a1fc5687acd856985876cbe0 /media/Debian Inst/exithelp.cfg faa4a2e0ad5d59206a054aea9b9c739d /media/Debian Inst/adtxt.cfg f6894290995f7c660a4ccec2a789ad6b /media/Debian Inst/gtk.cfg ae6ac6c2996be59267126aefdb875911 /media/Debian Inst/rqtxt.cfg fc3a24cfa233894b0875faed43ee79c2 /media/Debian Inst/stdmenu.cfg 5d01575ed6707a22be510ea00d0925ef /media/Debian Inst/adgtk.cfg 4a801bf24b5e34d1a55e7d862d458d82 /media/Debian Inst/txt.cfg 321b8ac562ff31ffbe1ef9399285e1de /media/Debian Inst/rqgtk.cfg 6bfe0bc437db6599d86f2b33ebd89dbd /media/Debian Inst/f1.txt 17483cab486e7b4b2c96e7269b223436 /media/Debian Inst/f10.txt 3444ef28656e8a7c92fffa810cad141f /media/Debian Inst/f2.txt beb19a1d07ea12a2eae695651b78262a /media/Debian Inst/f3.txt 6f14e27c68d6c661f316de848a427a20 /media/Debian Inst/f4.txt f0c0082b6334ccfcdd22280873ae8d9a /media/Debian Inst/f5.txt 16e7d4b2e4c890700b9f55d143b71394 /media/Debian Inst/f6.txt 4afba850eb9c5d28aae4f5b581421e72 /media/Debian Inst/f7.txt 9a1fd208897db9fb727f5c1b93930eb9 /media/Debian Inst/f8.txt 9baa397c66190960104cbda0939256a0 /media/Debian Inst/f9.txt 1fe1ac1555cf28b17d8c90e36c92c39a /media/Debian Inst/vesamenu.c32 3b87889af4ccfbf08a9b5f8b16b15196 /media/Debian Inst/splash.png 3b901ec9d1a4f834a24589ede27f48c2 /media/Debian Inst/setup.exe e386fcc572c174aacce3109b1eda1240 /media/Debian Inst/g2ldr cf16c576c3c0006ce4bd1055de3b2ff9 /media/Debian Inst/g2ldr.mbr 6bed504bfff1eda4282927e740134390 /media/Debian Inst/win32-loader.ini And dmesg says: [ 4733.877627] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access SanDisk Cruzer Mini 0.2 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [ 4733.881571] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 2001888 512-byte hardware sectors: (1.02 GB/977 MiB) [ 4733.882311] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off [ 4733.882318] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [ 4733.882324] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 4733.884657] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through [ 4733.884667] sdb: sdb1 [ 4733.886255] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 4734.301841] FAT: utf8 is not a recommended IO charset for FAT filesystems, filesystem will be case sensitive! Thanks for hint. I am just looking for creating a simple USB Key to install debian on a system without CDROM/DVDROM -- Mathieu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
