Harald Dunkel wrote: > 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? > 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 Why not just get the boot.img.gz from the same directory? I've not heard success or failure with usb memory sticks and d-i for amd64 before, but at least it has the initrd, kernel, and a known working syslinux configuration. > wget -N http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/install-images/sid-amd64-netinst.iso And stick this file on it like the documentation tells you to. > 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 We stopped using init=/linuxrc about half a year ago. I don't know what documentation you used, but it's wrong. The ramdisk_size may be larger than 8192. -- see shy jo
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