Boot Debian Installer from USB flash drive.
November 20th, 2007 by amatesiMy primary objective is to make a pc boot from usb flash drive and make him launch the standard debian installer.
Make sure BIOS is set to boot from USB (also called Removable Device).
Get boot.img.gz (here stable):
wget http://ftp.be.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz
unzip & put raw content inside the UNMOUNTED flash drive:
zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdc (assuming sdc is yours).
Get current netinst iso image (here etch-netinst):
wget http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r1/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r1-i386-netinst.iso
then copy image inside flash drive as is.
Now plug flash drive inside the pc to boot then start it up: if it works, it will boot a kernel and find the iso image for the install process.
Notes: if you see @ partitioning time your flash drive listed before your HDDs, then check BIOS option “Boot Removable Devices First” and put it to “disabled”.
Original Reference: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/ch04s04.html.en
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