bootable memory stick: did I miss something?

["Harald Dunkel" <harald.dunkel@t-online.de>]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to create a bootable memory stick, but it doesn't
work. Attached is the script I'm using (kids, don't try this at
home).

I thought this follows the documentation. Did I miss anything?


Thanx in advance

Harri

#!/bin/bash
set -x

dev=/dev/sdd1
dir=/var/tmp/flash

cd /var/tmp
wget -N http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/debian-installer/daily/hd-media/2.6/initrd.gz
wget -N http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/debian-installer/daily/hd-media/2.6/vmlinuz
wget -N http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/install-images/sid-amd64-netinst.iso

cat <<EOT >syslinux.cfg
default vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc devfs=mount,dall rw DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium
EOT

mkdir ${dir} >& /dev/null
umount ${dir} >& /dev/null
mkdosfs -I ${dev} || exit 1

mount ${dev} ${dir}
cp -p vmlinuz ${dir}
cp -p initrd.gz ${dir}
cp -p sid-amd64-netinst.iso ${dir}
cp -p syslinux.cfg ${dir}
umount ${dir}
syslinux ${dev}