Debian Installation :: Netinst Bootable USB
Jul 26, 2014
I download the lastest stable netinst, debian-7.6.0-ia64-netinst.iso.
And then proceed to follow these instructions.
4.3.1. Preparing a USB stick using a hybrid CD or DVD image
Code:
Select all# cp debian-7.6.0-ia64-netinst.iso /dev/sdb
# sync
Unfortunately, the USB will not boot.
The instructions I am following tell of creating "a second, FAT partition on the stick, mount the partition and copy or unpack the firmware onto it".
# mount /dev/sdX2 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# tar zxvf /path/to/firmware.tar.gz
# cd /
# umount /mnt
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Jan 4, 2010
Which is bit tricky (I learn slowly linux unfortunately due to low skills in informatics)
The cdrom debian installer to be put is located here,
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/...86-netinst.iso
I tried unetbootin to make this pendrive, and it seems to be working, but not perfect. it hangs after the territory, saying that nothing into /cdrom is mounted.
Without unetbootin, how should we do to make a pendrive iso-cd/debian-503-i386-netinst-like bootable?
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Aug 9, 2010
I noticed today I downloaded the amd64 netinst ISO for 'testing' and during the installation, it warned me of a the fact that I was installing using the 2.6.30.x kernel and I am now attempting to install a 2.6.32.x kernel. Is this is a common warning because I have never seen it before. I got it with both the netist & the businesscard image. Has anyone seen this before and is this a problem? Just trying to understand whats going on under the hood. I don't have the error in front of me since I am on my phone away from the office.
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Aug 16, 2010
I have a Redhat Enterprise Linux system and I want to re-make it as Debian. I downloaded the Debian netinst iso but can't seem to make a bootable CD out of it, and I haven't found any adequate explanations anywhere.
I tried burning the iso directly to a disk. i set up the boot order in my BIOS but when I restart the machine it spins the CD drive a few times and then moves on to the hard drive.
I tried expanding the iso into a directory, and then copying all those files into into the "Blank CD-R Disc" on my Gnome Desktop, burnt the CD, and still no boot.
I found some instructions using X3b, but X3b was giving me errors.
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Jun 12, 2012
Last week I installed the Debian 6.0.4 XFCE on to a system from an iso I burned to DVD. I had no problems.
Today I downloaded the 6.0.5 netinst iso and burned a CD to install on a system which has only a CD reader, not DVD. The install goes fine until I select a download mirror. No matter what mirror I select, I get "Bad Archive Mirror".
When I check the log in virtual console 4, the following message appears: "WARNING**: mirror does not support the specified release (squeeze)"...
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Feb 26, 2010
I haven't used Debian in 1 year or so and would like to know if there is any possible way to do a fresh installation of Debian Lenny or Squeeze (either or) and not install Exim? I get to the package selection section of the Debian Installer and I de-select "Desktop Environment" & "Standard System" so nothing is selected and it still be default installs Exim. Is there a way to omit this from the install?
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Jul 30, 2014
Fresh install without a desktop environment, I only selected "standard software utilities" from the software selection step of the installation process, nothing else is installed thereafter.
I cannot follow these instructions [URL] .... because "auto" and "iface" commands not found.
iptables isn't installed, but I want to install nftables since it's what iproute2 is to net-tools.
And it doesn't even have NetworkManager either and so far I found out ifconfig (net-tools) has been dropped in favor of iproute2, although that is just what Wikipedia says.
[URL] ....
"apt-cache search iproute2" revealed there is only iproute.
I just checked, net-tools is also installed, but ifconfig command not found?
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Aug 28, 2014
Using the mini.iso netinst image, when installing the the base system I get the following error:
Debootstrap error, the following error occurred: bzcat is not available on the system. Check vt4 for details, etc, etc.
Usually I have no issue at all installing a barebones sid system, but over the last week I've had the same error over and over.
The issue appears to of been resolved. I guess something server side was tweaked.
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Jul 6, 2010
does someone know a workaround to solve this problem?[URL].. I'm trying to download all firmware on [URL]..I put them on usb key (they are about 12 files .deb) and, during the installation I choose "select driver from alternative" (or something like that) but never recognize it.Seems this card works with tg3 driver but i'm not sure.If there are no way to recognize it from installer, could someone please suggest me an alternative way to install testing on my notebook ?
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Jul 11, 2015
I'm using the debian testing netinst image (from below url) and trying to install on virtualbox (part of a debian testing vagrant base box build pipeline I've got). This hasn't worked properly for last couple of weeks. Host system is also debian testing.URL....
if I accept all the defaults through the installer (apart from small details like timezone), I end up with a system in which the network does not work. It seems that /etc/network/interfaces has eth0 but the actual network card is called enp0s3, so no network comes up at first boot (despite that the network works fine during the actual install). I can easily fix it after the first boot by editing /etc/network/interfaces and replacing eth0 by enp0s3 and then doing an ifup. This is fine for a workaround but begs the question of why does it fail in the first place.
I have googled a bit and found this thread: [URL] .... which describes a similar issue, and there are other threads out there describing the change.
The udev change seems reasonable enough, but also some package involved in basic debian netinst installation has a bug given that the default install path results in a broken system. Question is, is there a bug already reported (I couldn't find it), or else, which package should I report the issue against? End result should be basic install does not require editing after boot to fix the network.
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Jun 2, 2010
I am trying to install debian from a netinst cd. Everything seems to go fine except when the installer needs to connect to a mirror. It doesn't throw up an error, it just hangs a bit and then seems to keep going a lot quicker than i would expect. For example, when installing additional software, it gets stuck downloading the first few files for about 5 mins and then skips ahead and finishes the entire process in about 5 mins.
What I end up with is a very bare bones system when I fist boot into it, without any of the stuff that I had indicated that I wanted to install (ie desktop environment, web server, etc). The Internet connection works and I am able to ping websites including a number of the mirrors I tried during the install. However when using apt-get it just gets stuck trying to connect to the mirror and doesn't go any further.
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Sep 17, 2010
I am trying to build a test VM with VirtualBox 3.2.8, hosted on Ubuntu 10.04 amd64. I am trying to install Debian Squeeze from the daily build (specifically, from the following URL):
[URL]
(I've also tried the netinst ISO in the same directory.) The sha1sums are correct for each image.
When I start the VM, it refuses to boot, giving me the message "FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted."
I would like to note that I've used VirtualBox for several years now, and GNU/Linux since 1995. So I have some experience in the field. (Of course experience is not much guard against brown-bag mistakes.) I've tried this same VM with an Ubuntu ISO (simply switching the attached ISO in the config), and it boots and installs OK.
Is there a known problem with the daily builds vs. VirtualBox?
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Jun 13, 2011
I was install my server (IBM x360) debian squeeze with netinst-CD but screen's cracked like static. (graphical or none both)
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Feb 8, 2015
I have been happily running Wheezy on the Chromebook Pixel with little or not issues. Recently I needed to re-install and decided to try Jessie. Again I was following the excellent instructions at [URL] .... except with the Jessie image.
However everytime I went to install it (after adding in the mem=4G line) it just rebooted and brought me back to the same install screen again. I just downloaded the Wheezy image again and it is installing now perfectly.
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Oct 20, 2010
i have it working in my computer but its just a text base.. how can i install a graphical interface for this please?
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May 28, 2010
I installed lilo and it boots. How do I installed grub again. Do I just use synaptic manager to uninstall lilo and install grub?
[code]....
I know grub2 does not work, giving me error: ntoskrnl.exe missing or corrupt. I did install grub-legacy and it worked, but I had to re-install squeeze due to other problems. So, now I want to replace lilo with grub legacy.
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Oct 1, 2010
I've been trying out a distribution based on Debian Squeeze, but what I'd really like to try is a minimal Debian distribution I can build from the ground up and customize as needed. I heard a lot of positive things about using netinst on machines that are usually hard to get regular installation disks to work on. Downloaded netinst for i386 this week from a link at [URL].. and attempted to install from scratch on my machine. I got past formatting my disk and was at the base install step. It keeps complaining about corrupt programs it can't install. I ran a check of the CD disk from the menu and it says there are no issues with the disk itself. I can see some basic directories and cdebootstrap installed on my hard disk. Would like to jump to installing kernel and grub or something and attempt to download some of the other programs later, but it won't let me bypass the step. Saw some articles about a Debian from Scratch project on the Internet, but doesn't look like it's active any more. What's the best way to get a minimal Debian distribution based on Squeeze installed to a hard drive? Should I just wait until the official release?
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Sep 9, 2010
The installer recognizes my wifi device but in order to connect to wifi I have to be able to use iwconfig to tell it that it has to connect to channel 11. If I don't do that it doesn't connect. The amd64 installer lists wireless tools in the list of extra tools to load, but for some reason the 32 bit installer doesn't. However wireless_tools...udeb is on the disk. What command would I use to load it manually from a console?
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Feb 21, 2011
I have download Debian 6 Live from here. Now I am trying to boot it from USB. How I make a USB pen drive bootable from this iso file.
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Apr 16, 2010
Recently, I did a netinst Debian install (on a C554US compaq presario), and while the net worked fine during install, I didn't seem to have a network connection (I use dhcp, mind you) or even an eth0 set up. I've used Debian before, but it was awhile back and I can't remember it all that well, but I DO remember having had net back then (previous version). I'm using Debian Testing, if that helps explain what might be wrong, and I can't help but feel it is my own mistake which caused it.
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May 11, 2010
How can i copy my G4L bootable CD into a partition, so thar i can boot from it, and not use the CD anymore?The idea is based in the fact that i am so lazy ... that opening/closing the CD is getting on my nerves
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Jun 18, 2010
I installed debian testing from hard disk using the netinst.iso. Now how can i get the rescue mode to reinstall grub? During installation i didn't get other options like rescue mode.It guided me to install debian testing from hard disk only.
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May 15, 2015
I'm having a problem creating an USB bootable pendrive, with Debian Jessie stable. I've downloaded the ISO from the site (I have tried with two versions, netinst and gnome). I tried to create the bootable pendrive with the command dd.
Code: Select alldd if=debian-etcetcetc.iso of=/dev/sdb
I put two pendrives that i've dd'ed them on the usb ports, and then typed fdisk -l, it returned this:
Code: Select allDevice Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 64 2978975 2978912 1,4G 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
Disco /dev/sdc: 7,3 GiB, 7784628224 bytes, 15204352 setores
Unidades: setor de 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
[code]...
However, i tried to boot this two pendrives in three PCs and it was not recognized by anyone as bootable system.
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May 26, 2011
I downloaded debian-6.0.1a-ia64-netinst.isoI burned this to a CD using wodimPopped the CD into a new desktop computer, pushed the power button and get the message:Robeet and Select proper Boot deviceor Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a keyI thought it might be something to do with the writing of the CD so I went to a Windows laptop, copied the ISO image over and then wrote the image to another blank CD on this machine. Tried booting this and received the same message.
The new computer will boot from other CDs, as I have an older Windows XP boot disk and that works just fine.What else can be wrong...??? Is the image valid? Has anybody else successfully downloaded and boot from this image? I kind of expect so but I don't know - maybe it's still really new.I have downloaded and installed Debian previously using this method, however back then I was using the i386 image. This time I checked and my cpu and board, the Intel 64 bit architecture should be fine so I don't see why I shouldn't be using this version.
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Jan 27, 2016
I've just installed debian testing on my computer (netinst AKA basic shell version). Now, how do I do a minimal gnome install? Minimal means, I don't need libreoffice or any extra bloat. However, I do want nautilus, gnome-settings-daemon and networkmanager (and of course, firefox!).
Also, is audio included or not in gnome-shell?
If I just install the gnome-shell package (with --no-install-recommends package), will it pull in gdm, Xorg, etc. or do I have to install them separately? Also, need to confirm whether my sources.list is properly set or not:
Code: Select alldeb http://ftp.security.debian.org/debian/ stretch main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main
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Nov 2, 2010
I have been using Debian on and off since Sarge and it's not as long as most people but since I can remember, the installer has always had some issues and I was wondering if you guys who use Debian religiously could answer these questions for me:
1. Difference between "Netinst" & "Business-card" besides the size being smaller? It seems like the Netinst installs two different kernels. One dated kernel to get the system up and running and then it downloads the latest one where I think the 'Business-card' ISO simply downloads the latest kernel and nothing more which seems preferred. Am I wrong?
2. After I install using "Netinst", why when I immediately perform an 'apt-get dist-upgrade' are there multiple packages to upgrade? I thought the whole point was to install fresh updated packages, no?
3. Why has nobody fixed the installer progress bar from hanging on 33%? As far as I have been using / installing Debian, the installer progress bar is always stuck on 33% & it still installs fine but never shows the user it's exact progress. I would think the developers would have resolved this after 4 years by now...
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Feb 11, 2016
Every time I try to create a bootable USB on my sid boxes, it comes out corrupt. I'm trying to use a multi-arch netinst iso so I can back up my tablet. Anyway, I use
[code]
# cp debian-8.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso /dev/sdf
[code]
And it won't boot, so I checked the drive with gparted on my desktop, and get some errors about invalid block sizes and corrupt partitions. When I try fdisk, it lists an EFI partition as I would expect, and then another partition with the right size, but its listed as type empty. I also get some invalid size errors there. This happens with an older iso I have successfully used in the past. When I run fdisk on the ISO file, I get the same errors as the USB drive. Here's the output
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daniel@frakenstein:~/Downloads$ sudo fdisk -l ./debian-8.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso
Disk ./debian-8.3.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso: 556 MiB, 583008256 bytes, 1138688 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
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I think my issue is with the message about 2048 vs 512 byte block sizes. I tried setting up partitions on my drive and just copying data to them from the iso. This makes the BIOS recognize the USB disk and it tries to run the bootloader, but fails since the symlinks are messed up copying that way. I've tried a few different boxes (all running sid) and I get the same results on all of them.
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Mar 22, 2010
I just was wondering how can I install Fedora, using the netinst.iso? I cant seem to find some documentation on the subject. Must be overlooking something.
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Aug 27, 2015
I have been trying for close to 7 hours now to create a working encrypted bootable usb key for debian now.
I start by running the debian installation dvd (1 of 3. I downloaded and burnt all three ISO's that I found here: [URL] .... (2015-06-06 17:33) to disk), and when I get to the partitioning part, I cannot get an encrypted volume that will hold the root filesystem.
Here is what I have tried:
I have tried the Guided partitioning option to use the entire disk and set up encrypted LVM, to no avail.
I am left with a primary boot partition of 254.8 MB, at ext2 with /boot mountpoint on it, and a logical partition of 15.8 GB, with crypto as it's file system that says it's "not active". This bit here seems to be a running theme as I keep coming back to this set up, (give or take some space arrangement). From what I've read and seen, I should be seeing an Encrypted Volume container similar to LVM, but called an "Encrypted Container" that I can create additional partitions in like / and /home, and what have you.
And I can't "activate" the partition either. I have tried both the Configure Logical Volume Manager, which changed the partition to an LVM partition that dosn't encrypt anything inherently (and I have checked), and I have tried the Configure encrypted volumes option, which leads to the same results basically.
I have tried manually creating the partitions, a 512 MB ext4 /boot partition and then partitioning the rest of the space as "physical volume for encryption" with aes encryption, 256 key size, xts-plain64, Passphrase encryption key, erase data flag, bootable flag off.
Same result, 1 primary boot partition, 1 logical (I later tried making it a primary partition to, with the same results) crypto volume that is "not active".
I also tried setting up the a logical volume manager, which created a container to create additional partitions in which I could encrypt, but it was either a partition dedicated to something (i.e. root (/) or /home, or /swap, etc) or it could be encrypted, but not both. I even tried creating a root partion, and then selecting Configure encrypted volumes, and then selecting the root partition, and here is where I thought I was getting somewhere, because then it comes up giving me all the same options above, but it also specifies mount point under encryption. Which is /, which is what I'm after. So I accept that, and it goes back to being crypto, "not active" and when I check the partition again, the mount point option is gone.
Last thing I tried was going back to having a 512 MB /boot partition, and an encrypted partition set up with Configure encrypted volumes option, and then specifying the encrypted partiton with the Logical Volume Manager as the place to create logical groups and volumes, to little avail. I can create more volumes that are either encrypted, or a useful non encrypted volumes like / (root), /home, /swap, and the like, but not both at the same time.
Following this guide: [URL] ....
This leads me to a useable system, but the system wasn't encrypted. When I booted, I wasn't asked for a passphrase, and I checked the stick with my old linux mint dristro, and I was able to mount the logical volume and look at the contents, /etc, /home, /var by activating the partition in GParted and mounting it.
A number of users seem to mark an encrypted partition as lvm and then create more logical volumes within that that either actually become encrypted, or they don't check. I'm not sure which after my testing.
[URL] .....
I have also read this: [URL] .... and this [URL] .....
I found this which shows the container I believe I should be seeing if I do this right, but I can't get it : [URL] ....
I have also watched movies on youtube about it : [URL] ....
Could the issue be that I'm using a Lexar JumpDrive? 16 GM USB 3.0.
I've gotten debian to run off of it on it's own so I kind of doubt it.
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Aug 9, 2010
I noticed that when using the "daily built images" from Squeeze via Netinst, during the disk partitioner, I am un-able to make the /boot partition bootable.or some reason I can't enable the 'boot' flag on several different ISO attempts and differenthardware vendors. The only thing I can see is that this is an issue with the netinst ISO image from the daily built images. Has anyone seen this or is this a known issue / bug? I don't want to file a bug report if possible but I searched and couldn't find anything on this. I doubt I am the only one who's experienced this so far.
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