2010/5/12 James Stuckey <jhstuc...@gmail.com> > > > 2010/4/26 Γιώργος Πάλλας <gp...@ccf.auth.gr> > > James Stuckey wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm curious as to the different ways one can create a USB install stick, >>> for the purpose of installing Debian. >>> >>> It is possible to do it by >>> a) acquiring (where?) a boot.img.gz file, and then doing "zcat >>> boot.img.gz > /dev/sdc". Then load a netboot iso to the disc. >>> b) making a FAT/FAT32 partition on the stick, and then doing "syslinux >>> /dev/sdXX", copying vmlinuz and initrd.gz to the stick >>> c) using Unetbootin with an .iso file >>> >>> I like the way Unetbootin allows one to use a larger .iso (dvd, or full >>> cd iso). The downside of a) and b) is that you can only use the smaller >>> netboot .isos, and if I wanted to load a few more files onto the disc for >>> use I wouldn't have the room to do so. >>> >>> Does anyone know another method? I'm particularly interested in knowing >>> the way to do what Unetbootin does manually, so that I could load a cd/dvd >>> iso onto the stick after making it boot-able. >>> >>> Regards, >>> James >>> >> >> About c), I know that ubuntu can work that way, but has failed in the past >> with debian, because the debian installer believes it runs from a cd and >> tries to find the packages to be installed from the host's cdrom. I dont >> know if something has changed recently. >> >> Giorgos >> >
> Does anyone know where debian keeps the boot.img.gz files necessary for >> creating the stick? >> >
