Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Mark <mamarcac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I hadn't tried to make a bootable Lenny usb memory stick in a few months and now cannot seem to make the stick bootable by following the instructions here http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-flexible and using the files here http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/.  Tried various usb 1 GB sticks to test on, and added the official 5.0.2 cd .iso file (my understanding is the .iso is independent of the boot files on the usb memory stick).

I've used an existing Lenny installation and just added the dosfstools and syslinux packages so they should be the latest versions, in addition to trying an Ubuntu Live CD and neither has worked.  This procedure seems simple, what am I doing wrong?  Files currently on the usb memory stick I'm trying to make bootable (I used "shred" to blank the drive before formatting to FAT16 so no old files hanging around):

    debian-502-i386-CD-1.iso
    initrd.gz
    syslinux.cfg
    vmlinuz

Plus the .sys file syslinux put on there, that is locked.

Contents of syslinux.cfg:

default vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz


Thanks for any ideas.
Mark

to start from the simple dumb things: you did remember to install the boot loader into the MBR?

Stuart