Re: Install Squeeze with firmware

["Antispammbox-debian" <antispammbox-debian@yahoo.it>]

Hi all


I partition with: cfdisk  /dev/sdb
and format with: msdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1

put file firmware in root usb2

tomorrow I try to install!

Thanks

Regards



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian" <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups: linux.debian.user
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:20 PM
Subject: 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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