On 21 July 2011 20:23, Robert Millan wrote:
> 2011/7/21 David Balažic :
>> That worked, thanks.
>>
>> The docs at
>> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/kfreebsd-amd64/ch04s03.html.en
>> should be updated to reflect that mini.iso is the only(?)
>> way to boot from USB stick for kbsd64.
>
> I kn
2011/7/21 Thomas Schmitt :
> But debian-cd does not use grub-mkrescue yet. (I guess it would need
> it capable of Jigdo production, at least.)
>
> Shall we move this topic to debian-cd list ?
Feel free to.
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Hi,
> > So it would be mainly about asking debian-cd to produce a MBR boot image
> > and to tell genisomage or xorriso to include it (by option -G).
>
> The MBR is just one piece of the boot chain, you need everything else
> to be in place for this to work. This includes (but is not limited
> to)
2011/7/21 David Balažic :
> That worked, thanks.
>
> The docs at
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/kfreebsd-amd64/ch04s03.html.en
> should be updated to reflect that mini.iso is the only(?)
> way to boot from USB stick for kbsd64.
I know. Unfortunately we haven't managed to keep up with up
On 21 July 2011 00:52, Robert Millan wrote:
> 2011/7/21 David Balažic :
>> First I tried to cat the kbsd-amd64 netinst iso for the drive, which
>> did not boot
>
> Try that with the mini.iso:
>
> http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-kfreebsd-amd64/current/images/netboot/
T
2011/7/21 Thomas Schmitt :
> So it would be mainly about asking debian-cd to produce a MBR boot image
> and to tell genisomage or xorriso to include it (by option -G).
The MBR is just one piece of the boot chain, you need everything else
to be in place for this to work. This includes (but is not
Hi,
me:
> > This is obviously because there is no MBR in the System Area of
> > the ISO image.
Robert Millan:
> There should be, I implemented it. As long as grub-mkrescue is used
> to produce the images.
I see.
mini.iso bears Preparer ID "XORRISO-0.5.6 2010.05.04.11 ..."
and several strin
2011/7/21 Thomas Schmitt :
> This is obviously because there is no MBR in the System Area of
> the ISO image.
There should be, I implemented it. As long as grub-mkrescue is used
to produce the images.
But I think it's only used for ISO images produced directly by D-I
(i.e. not debian-cd).
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Hi,
David Balazic wrote:
> Is booting the installer from am USB flash drive (key) supported for kbsd
> amd64?
>
> First I tried to cat the kbsd-amd64 netinst iso for the drive, which
> did not boot,
This is obviously because there is no MBR in the System Area of
the ISO image.
Debian/Linux amd6
2011/7/21 David Balažic :
> First I tried to cat the kbsd-amd64 netinst iso for the drive, which
> did not boot
Try that with the mini.iso:
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/squeeze/main/installer-kfreebsd-amd64/current/images/netboot/
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David Balažic writes:
> So, is there a way to boot the kbsd install from USB key? The PC has
> no optical drives.
> Or is netboot a working alternative?
Good question. I personally just ran netinstall under QEMU and copied
the resulting image to the target system.
-Timo
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Hi!
Is booting the installer from am USB flash drive (key) supported for kbsd amd64?
First I tried to cat the kbsd-amd64 netinst iso for the drive, which
did not boot, then I noticed this method is not listed at the docs
(http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/kfreebsd-amd64/ch04s03.html.en)
Then
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