Re: install problem
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel@planet.nl> wrote:
> This is really an embarrassing question for an old Debian hand to
> ask, but how do I install Debian?
>
> I just bought a "netbook" which has no CDROM drive, but which can
> boot from a USB stick. I could dd an Ubuntu image to the stick and
> then boot from it. But I prefer just plain old Debian.
>
> I found (through the Debian home page) an image called
> debian-503-i386-netinst.iso. I dd'd it to the stick. But the
> netbook does not boot from it.
>
> There must be something very elementary which I did wrong. But what?
What you are looking for is labeled "hd-media". It doesn't mean high
density media (floppies). It means USB.
Good luck,
Lee Winter
NP Engineerinr
Nashua, New Hampshire
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