Hello,

I'm curious as to the different ways one can create a USB install stick, for
the purpose of installing Debian.

It is possible to do it by
a) acquiring (where?) a boot.img.gz file, and then doing "zcat boot.img.gz >
/dev/sdc". Then load a netboot iso to the disc.
b) making a FAT/FAT32 partition on the stick, and then doing "syslinux
/dev/sdXX", copying vmlinuz and initrd.gz to the stick
c) using Unetbootin with an .iso file

I like the way Unetbootin allows one to use a larger .iso (dvd, or full cd
iso). The downside of a) and b) is that you can only use the smaller netboot
.isos, and if I wanted to load a few more files onto the disc for use I
wouldn't have the room to do so.

Does anyone know another method? I'm particularly interested in knowing the
way to do what Unetbootin does manually, so that I could load a cd/dvd iso
onto the stick after making it boot-able.

Regards,
James

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