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Re: bootable memory stick: did I miss something?



Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Sorry, but I don't want to try a different procedure. I want
> to know whether the script is correct or whats wrong.

I can't guarantee that your script is correct w/o trying it, and I
haven't time.

> Seems that my EMail wasn't precise about the problem: My PC
> doesn't even try to access /vmlinuz on the memory stick. Even
> though USB-ZIP is the first in the boot order, my PC checks
> only the CDROM, then it boots via grub from my harddisk. It
> doesn't matter whether I use the files for amd64 or i386.

Either syslinux is not being written to the image correctly, or your
BIOS cannot boot it, or cannot boot from USB at all. Some BIOSes need
various non-obvious settings to make it work.

> I thought that since you folks are creating boot images
> each day, some of you might have more experience with
> booting from a USB memory stick.

Well, I happen to be the guy who got it working for d-i in the first
place, yes.

> Any links to the documentation you are referring to? Maybe
> I grabbed the wrong document (http://d-i.pascal.at/). I would
> guess the exact syslinux.cfg would be _extremely_ important.

It looks like Pascal's page is somewhat out of date, at least WRT the
/linuxrc, though it's got a lot of useful info. The d-i Installation
HOWTO describes some methods that are known to work.

-- 
see shy jo

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