Can't install from USB pendrive
Bug #260672 reported by
Hadmut Danisch
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #234185: Alternate CD cdrom-detect.postinst does not consider USB flash drive/key. .
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: debian-installer
Hi,
I wan't to install Linux on a notebook/netbook computer without CDROM drive, but wan't to use some installation features of the alternate CD, i.e. LVM and encryption which are not supported by the LiveCD.
I copied the contents of the alternate CD to a USB pendrive, used syslinux to make it bootable, and it came up as expected, but then the installation procedure complains and fails because it does not find the CDROM drive. (8.04.01 386 alternate CD)
The installation procedures should nowadays definitely support installation from a USB pendrive stick (and come with instruction about how to put the CD on a USB drive).
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OK,
I got further with solving the problem, it seems to work now.
Steps I did:
- make a vfat -F 16 onto the USB stick
- syslinux -sf /dev/sdx1 (sdx = USB stick)
- copy the contents of the alternate CD to the stick as close as possible, including the hidden .disk directory
(I used tar)
- copy the isolinux/ isolinux. cfg to syslinux.cfg
- Since the vfat does not support symlinks the dists directory can't be used that way by the installation
procedure, it does not find the symlink stable -> hardy . Thus, go to dists and mv hardy stable
- boot from stick until the error message of the missing CDROM comes (red screen)
- open shell with ctrl-F2
- mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /cdrom (or whereever the USB stick is found)
- proceed with installation