Re: Install Squeeze with firmware
On Thu 24 May 2012 at 20:47:56 +0200, Antispammbox-debian wrote:
>> On Thu 24 May 2012 at 19:29:59 +0200, Antispammbox-debian wrote:
>>
>> The command is
>>
>> cat isofile.iso > /dev/sdb
>>
>> Look - it is 'b', not 'b1'. isofile.iso is written to the whole device,
>> not to a partition on it.
>
> Ok, but I use unetbooting, is the same?
No! It is not the same. It does something completely different. It may
work but I would not recommend you use it in preference to the 'cat'
command. Putting an iso on a USB device in Debian is best done with the
'cat' command. UNetbootin may be a fine program but it is unsuited to
deal with Debian installer images. Its use should be discouraged for
this.
>> Put tigon_tg3.bin on the root of usb2. Make sure it is a FAT16 partition
>> *and* is formatted with mkfs.vfat. Only insert usb2 when the installer
>> asks for firmware. Write down *exactly* what it says and make a note of
>> *exactly* what happens.
>
> usb format with gparted fat16. Is the same?
Sorry, I do not know. I've never used it. It sounds like it will create
a FAT16 partition but the partition must still be formatted as vfat. I'd
use
mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1
where X is a, b, or c or whatever.
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