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foo:~# bunzip2 vmlinuz.bz2 | foo:~# bunzip2 vmlinuz.bz2 | ||
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| + | Get the sources from kernel.org, untar them, cd into the kernel-source-directory and execute make, easy huh? | ||
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foo:~# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb | foo:~# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb | ||
then create a directory named syslinux on it | then create a directory named syslinux on it | ||
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<b>Finished \o/</b><br> | <b>Finished \o/</b><br> | ||
Press F12 during boot to select the usb-stick as boot device. | Press F12 during boot to select the usb-stick as boot device. | ||
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=Note= | =Note= | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 29 November 2008
Contents
Intro
This tutorial explains how to create an usb-stick with the debian netinstaller on it. The problem is that the actual installer uses a 2.6.26.x kernel which doesn't support the "Intel WiFi Link 5300"-card. Pretty nasty if you want to do a netinstall.
USB stick
Partition and format the stick
Use
foo:~# fdisk -l
to look which device name your stick has. I will use /dev/sdb in this tutorial. Use fdisk oder cfdisk to create a partition of at least 200MB and format it in FAT16 like this:
foo:~# mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1
Don't forget to make the partition bootable. What looks like this if you use fdisk
foo:~# fdisk /dev/sdb Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-4): 1 Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered!
Install MBR
You need the syslinux packet to do this
foo:~# aptitude install syslinux
then
foo:~# dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb 404 bytes (404 B) copied, 0.0275888 s, 14.6 kB/s
Get and copy Files
You will need following files:
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/initrd.gz
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
as you can see i use the i368 architecture, download the appropriate files if you want to use an other architecture
and here is a self compiled vanilla 2.6.27.7 kernel:
http://www.congerro.net/pub/vmlinuz.bz2
unzip the vmlinuz.bz2-file:
foo:~# bunzip2 vmlinuz.bz2
If you don't trust me compile your own kernel ^^
Get the sources from kernel.org, untar them, cd into the kernel-source-directory and execute make, easy huh?
mount the usb stick
foo:~# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
then create a directory named syslinux on it
foo:~# mkdir /mnt/usb/syslinux
copy all three files into the directory
foo:~# cp vmlinuz initrd.gz debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso /mnt/usb/syslinux
Now create a file named syslinux.cfg
foo:~# vim /mnt/usb/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
and paste following two lines into it
default vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.gz ramdisk_size=12000 root=/dev/ram rw
unmount the usb-stick
foo:~# cd && umount /mnt/usb
and install the syslinux boot loader
foo:~# syslinux -d /syslinux /dev/sdb1
Finished \o/
Press F12 during boot to select the usb-stick as boot device.
Note
It is not possible to install the 2.6.27.x kernel with the debian installer but you can copy the kernel from the usb-device afterwards ^^
