jan.o...@agle.no wrote: >I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and friends. >On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. It failed >halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable ISO-image. Not >wasting time, I dd'ed the netinstall iso onto the stick and installed. > >As far as I know, the debian-6.0.2.1-i386-netinst.iso is the ONLY one >that can be used on both USB and CD-rom. Why not give >debian-6.0.2.1-i386-CD-1.iso the same functionality???? The >netinstall-image install requires much time on slow lines. > >I HAVE tried dd'ing debian-6.0.2.1-i386-CD-1.iso to a stick. It will >not boot. Didn't expect it to do either. Had to try.
Then there's most likely a problem with your BIOS I'm afraid. For both amd64 and i386, the first disc in *every* set is created using iso-hybrid options to make it work both on CD/DVD as well as on USB: businesscard netinst CD#1 DVD#1 BD#1 As normal, I ran lots of tests when I created the images for 6.0.2.1, but just to make sure 100% that things are OK I've just downloaded debian-6.0.2.1-i386-CD-1.iso onto a USB stick. It booted just fine on an i386 netbook here. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1r8bsk-0005vw...@mail.einval.com
