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Re: Help About Bootable USB



On 2014-05-09, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If so:-
>  1. do a little research and plan what you want to install - desktop,
> server, mixture. Will it be portable or only run on this one computer?
> Which desktop do you want to install? How will it connect to the
> internet - if that's important, what hardware will it use, is that
> hardware supported "out of the box"? (you can ask here for answers).
>  2. burn only the 1st DVD (debian-7.5.0-amd64-DVD-1)
>  3. plugin the USB flash drive, put the burnt DVD in the DVD drive,
> reboot the computer. You may need to modify your boot order and device
> capability in the BIOS, or you may have a Function Key for your BIOS
> that allows you to choose boot device (F8, F10).
>  4. boot into the Debian installer on the DVD, choose the appropriate
> option from the installation start screen based on step 1. (ask here for
> help).

You can install from an iso file onto to a usb key using a kvm virtual
machine, like this:

kvm -hda /dev/sdc -boot d -cdrom file.iso 

where /dev/sdc is your usb key and file.iso is your iso (worked for me
once with a netinstall iso).


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