Plug the usb key in order to find the device location:
df -k ... /dev/sdb 244476 217968 26508 90% /media/xxx
It shows that /dev/sdb is my usb key. Then unmount it
sudo umount /dev/sdb
Download these two files:
cd /tmp/ wget http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/hd-media/boot.img.gz wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
Copy the first on the stick (it has to be umounted):
zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb
Then mount the stick and copy debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso on it:
sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/ sudo cp /tmp/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso /mnt/ sudo umount /mnt/
The usb key is now ready. Plug it on the computer to install, select in the bios usb for first boot device and start the debian squeeze installation.
Discussion
Hi thanks for these instructions.
I followed them and have got to this message in the installer:
"[!!] Load installer components from and installer ISO
There was a problem reading data from the CD-ROM. Please make sure it is in the drive. If retrying does not work, you should check the integrity of your CD-ROM."
Is this because we d/l this file?
wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
I have tried looking for an ISO image for a hd-media but have been unsuccessful.
Thanks in advance for you help.
SS