From f16727b379fd3650d10e99036ca32cd6b4a6d12a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holger Wansing Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 21:13:28 +0200 Subject: Overhaul of chapter for creating USB media --- en/install-methods/boot-drive-files.xml | 29 ------ en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml | 150 ++------------------------------ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 173 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/install-methods') diff --git a/en/install-methods/boot-drive-files.xml b/en/install-methods/boot-drive-files.xml index 59741e5a6..8d5242a26 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/boot-drive-files.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/boot-drive-files.xml @@ -96,35 +96,6 @@ and install from the installation image, without needing the network. Finally, to configure the bootloader proceed to . - - - - - - Hard disk installer booting from DOS using <command>loadlin</command> - - -This section explains how to prepare your hard drive for booting the installer -from DOS using loadlin. - - - -Copy the following directories from a &debian; installation image to c:\. - - - - -/&x86-install-dir; (kernel binary and ramdisk image) - - - - -/tools (loadlin tool) - - - - - diff --git a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml index 9815ac2eb..a0087d5f8 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml @@ -42,13 +42,6 @@ on your USB stick. See -Alternatively, -for very small USB sticks, only a few megabytes in size, you can download -the &netboot-mini-iso; image from the netboot -directory (at the location mentioned in ). - - - The installation image you choose should be written directly to the USB stick, overwriting its current contents. For example, when using an existing GNU/Linux system, the image file can be written to a USB stick @@ -59,6 +52,12 @@ as follows, after having made sure that the stick is unmounted: # sync +Simply writing the installation image to USB like this should work fine +for most users. For special needs there is this +wiki page. + + + Information about how to do this on other operating systems can be found in the Debian CD FAQ. @@ -68,145 +67,8 @@ The image must be written to the whole-disk device and not a partition, e.g. /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1. Do not use tools like unetbootin which alter the image. - - -Simply writing the installation image to USB like this should work fine -for most users. The other options below are more complex, mainly for -people with specialised needs. - - - -The hybrid image on the stick does not occupy all the storage space, so -it may be worth considering using the free space to hold firmware files -or packages or any other files of your choice. This could be useful if -you have only one stick or just want to keep everything you need on one -device. - - - -To do so, use cfdisk or any other partitioning tool to create an additional -partition on the stick. Then create a (FAT) filesystem on the partition, -mount it and copy or unpack the firmware onto it, for example with: - - -# mkdosfs -n FIRMWARE /dev/sdX3 -# mount /dev/sdX3 /mnt -# cd /mnt -# tar zxvf /path/to/firmware.tar.gz -# cd / -# umount /mnt - - -Take care that you use the correct device name for your USB stick. The -mkdosfs command is contained in the -dosfstools &debian; package. - - - -If you have chosen the mini.iso to be written to the USB -stick, the second partition doesn't have to be created, as - -very nicely - it will already be present. Unplugging and replugging the -USB stick should make the two partitions visible. - - - - - - - - - Manually copying files to the USB stick - - -Prior to isohybrid technology being used for &debian; installation images, the -methods documented in the chapters below were used to prepare media for -booting from USB devices. -These have been superseded by the technique in , -but have been left here for educational and historical purposes and in case they -are useful to some user. - - - -An alternative to the method described in - is to manually copy -the installer files, and also an installation image to the stick. -Note that the USB stick should be at least 1 GB in size (smaller -setups are possible using the files from netboot, following -). - - - -There is an all-in-one file &hdmedia-boot-img; -which contains all the installer files (including the -kernel) as well as syslinux and its -configuration file. - - - -Note that, although convenient, this method does have one major -disadvantage: the logical size of the device will be limited to 1 GB, -even if the capacity of the USB stick is larger. You will need to -repartition the USB stick and create new file systems to get its full -capacity back if you ever want to use it for some different purpose. - - - -Simply extract this image directly to your USB stick: - - -# zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX - - - - - - - - -After that, mount the USB memory stick -(mount -/dev/sdX /mnt), -(mount -/dev/sdX2 /mnt), -which will now have -a FAT filesystem -an HFS filesystem -on it, and copy a &debian; ISO image (netinst or full CD; see -) to it. -Unmount the stick (umount /mnt) and you are done. - - - - - - Manually copying files to the USB stick — the flexible way - - -If you like more flexibility or just want to know what's going on, you -should use the following method to put the files on your stick. One -advantage of using this method is that — if the capacity of your -USB stick is large enough — you have the option of copying any -ISO image, even a DVD image, to it. - - - -&usb-setup-x86.xml; -&usb-setup-powerpc.xml; - -- cgit v1.2.3