> For a network install starting from USB one has to do something like: > * copy the kernel to the USB stick > * copy the network install initial RAM disk ( "initrd" ) to the USB stick > * Install and activate a boot loader on the USB stick > * boot computer from USB stick
I think the point of the boot.img.gz files is to avoid these steps, isn't it ? So : I started from "hd-media/boot.img.gz", and flashed the USB key (but, as I mentionned previously, the install doesn't work that way) Your answer incited me to check what is inside the "initrd" flashed on the key. After a "cpio -i --make-directories < initrd" I noticed that the ethernet drivers are not present (no network module in "lib/modules" in the initrd...) My workaround was to overwrite the initial initrd.gz with the one found at http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz I don't know up to what point it is ugly but it worked and I had a working debian etch installed. However I find it incredible that there is no simple way to make a network install starting from USB... Créez votre adresse électronique [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Go d'espace de stockage, anti-spam et anti-virus intégrés.
