Mar 15, 2011

Installing Debian from USB

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Make bootable USB

  • Note: in this example, the USB stick is SCSI device /dev/sdb
  • $ sudo apt-get install mtools syslinux dosfstools
  • $ sudo modprobe usb-storage
  • $ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb
  • $ sudo mkdosfs -I /dev/sdb
  • $ sudo syslinux /dev/sdb
  • $ sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt
  • $ sudo cp -f vmlinuz initrd.gz syslinux.cfg debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso /mnt
  • $ sudo umount /mnt

boot from USB stick

  • set the first boot device in the BIOS to USB-ZIP.
  • insert your USB drive, and boot your computer.

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