Re: Networking problem on Shuttle XS35GTV2

[Keith McKenzie <km3952@gmail.com>]

On 28/02/12 15:34, Ramon Hofer wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have described my problem a while ago and now I got a solution to my
> Ubuntu bug report:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/880316
> See posts 5 and 6
>
> Post 5 sounds great but I can't find how to unpack the initrd.gz. Can you
> help me with that?
>
> So I tried to do the way post 6 describes. I have installed debian-6.0.4-
> i386-CD-1.iso after putting it on a usb stick with unetbootin.
> Then I tried to install gcc but it can't find the installation medium
> anymore. So I mounted the created usb stick to /media/cdrom/ as I was
> told but still I get the same message.
>
> Please can you help me?
>
>
> Best regards
> Ramon
>
>
>    
Just for reference; you can use dd to a pendrive with Debian install 
disks, they are what are known as hybrid iso's

(As has been pointed out by someone else); initrd.gz is a small gzipped 
file system that can be accessed by 'gunzip initrd.gz'