On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 02:43:43AM -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I am using Dell Inspiron E1505. Currently it has Windows XP and I wanted to > install Debian Etch on it using the USB drive method. > > I downloaded boot.img.gz from > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc1/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz > and gunzipped it on a debian Etch machine and transferred the boot.img to the > windows machine. > > I also downloaded > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso > directly on the windows machine. > > Next I transferred boot.img, debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso onto a USB drive. > Instructions on http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s04.html.en > say that these two files are sufficient to start the installation process. > However, I am unable to boot from the USB drive. I changed the boot sequence > in the Bios and chose it boot from the USB drive. But the system always boots > into windows and never boots from the USB drive. > > What am I missing here so that the machine boots from the USB drive and enable > me to install Debian? Can you tell if the box is *trying* to boot from the usb stick? Assuming you followed the rest of those directions properly, did you see the final chapter? 4.4.2.3, referencing the install of a mbr is needed on the usb stick? A
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