USB boot hate me
After long time I have a micro PC[*] capable to booting from USB. It boot
from external cdrom[1], from USB key where I have installed Damn Small
Linux[2], from USB key where I have installed Debian Net Install[3], but
not if I install real Debian system onto it.
I have followed **step by step** whose guides:
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/179
http://feraga.com/node/25
but in any case, when I try to boot I obtain laconic message, it said:
"GRUB". Same result if I try to use LILO instead to GRUB (obviulsly in
this case it don't said GRUB ;-)
Uncertain about my capabilities to install Debian in this way, and after
tried Debian router[4] and hacking over solutions with syslinux and
extlinux[5] without result, I done:
- plug usb cdrom and usb stick
- boot Debian Net Install from cdrom
- install Debian onto /dev/sda with kernel 2.4
- wait
- reboot
- cried in front of laconic GRUB message
if I do:
$ dd if=/dev/sda of=usbsarge.img
$ qemu usbsarge.img
it boot correctly!
Questions. Why DSL boot, cdrom boot, but real Debian do not
boot? Which is thin mechanism that I do not understand?
[*] MicroPC eBoxIII: http://www.dsl-ltd.co.uk/products/eboxIII.htm
[1] http://ixixstore.com/InfoProdotto.aspx?Prodotto=MPDXX35BFH0
[2] Installed from DSL Live, like USB HDD.
[3] http://d-i.pascal.at/
[4] http://gate-bunker.p6.msu.ru/~berk/router.html
[5] http://syslinux.zytor.com/
Thanx, Andrea -
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