Re: Can't install driveles system from USB memory stick: ISO not found.
After replacing the ISO with a regular business card one this workes just
fine / the netinstall ones failed reporting not being able to access the
CDROM ...
Joh
Johannes Graumann wrote:
> Johannes Graumann wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to install a driveles system via an USB memory stick like so:
>>
>> - get
>>
>
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz
>> -get
>>
>
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso
>> - check by udevmonitor where memorystick ends up (/dev/sdd)
>> - zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdd
>> - mount /dev/sdd /mnt/dummy
>> - cp mini.iso /mnt/dummy/
>> - umount /mnt/dummy
>> - boot into diskles system, make bios treat usb devices like harddrives
>> - reboot and boot from usb memory stick
>> - pass language selection, keyboard layout and scan for hard disks in
>> installer
>>
>> This always fails to find the mini.iso
>
> I was mistaken with my last statement: the installer finds the ISO, but
> dismisses it with the following statement
> "while one or more possible iso images were found they did not
> look like valid installer ISO images."
> Where do I err?
>
> Thanks for your hints, Joh
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