Bug#620569: usbkey install wheezy i386 doesn't work
Lorenzo Bernardi wrote:
> On 04/07/2011 01:36 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> >
> >> There is no guarantee that the testing installer will work at any given
> >> time. You can try the testing snapshot release, which has certain known
> >> problems already, has been tested, and is known to work:
> >>
> >
> > That should say "certain known problems already *fixed*".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I have tried to is the iso image on the page you gave me and when I
> tried to install using the USB key I have the following message in the log:
> Apr 08 09:08:01 iso-scan:./debian-testing-snapshot-2011.04-i386-mini.iso
> not a Debian iso
So, it looks like you're using the old method of copying the iso onto
an already bootable usb stick? That isn't necessary anymore since you
can just copy the iso directly to usb now (i.e. dd if=file.iso
of=/dev/sdc if sdc is your usb device enumeration).
I think that it may not be considered a debian iso since it's using
local udebs, but I'm not really sure what iso-scan is looking for in
particular. The snapshots are unofficial right now anyway.
> I have looked at the image by mounting them:
> mount -o loop ./debian-testing-snapshot-2011.04-i386-mini.iso /tmp/dd
> ls /tmp/dd/
> adtxt.cfg dtmenu.cfg f10.txt f2.txt f4.txt f6.txt f8.txt
> g2ldr initrd.gz isolinux.cfg linux menu.cfg rqtxt.cfg
> splash.png txt.cfg win32-loader.ini
> boot.cat exithelp.cfg f1.txt f3.txt f5.txt f7.txt f9.txt
> g2ldr.mbr isolinux.bin kde lxde prompt.cfg setup.exe
> stdmenu.cfg vesamenu.c32 xfce
>
> and the daily build iso image gives something different.
>
> mount -o loop ~/OLD/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso /tmp/dd
> ls /tmp/dd/
> autorun.inf debian doc g2ldr install isolinux pics
> README.html README.mirrors.txt README.txt tools
> css dists firmware g2ldr.mbr install.386 md5sum.txt pool
> README.mirrors.html README.source setup.exe win32-loader.ini
They should be different. The snapshots are the mini iso version,
which is different than the netinst.
> I should say that using the daily build image burn on a CD works
> perfectly it is only the usb key installation setup that causes me
> problems.
>
> When I try to do the installation with the daily build I have these two
> lines in the log
>
> Apr 3 09:08:35 anna[1914]: grep: /cdrom/dists/stable/Release: No such
> file or directory
> Apr 3 09:08:35 cdrom-retriever: error: No components listed in
> /cdrom/dists/stable/Release.
Yes, that will not work because you need the newer base-installer from
sid that hasn't transitioned yet. That is fixed automatically with the
snapshot release.
Best wishes,
Mike
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