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Re: bootable memory stick: did I miss something?



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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