I want to install Debian Linux with my USB stick. However, I don't have a linux machine at hand (hehe.. actually only a reboot away from my WindowsXP on which I'm working on currently, but I don't want to reboot as it will halt my downloads :) )
Note: although I'm downloading the 'Lenny' edition of Debian here, I need to upgrade to 'Squeeze' before I can use lxc! *
dd --list
This is the relevant extract of it's output, because my USB drive was recognised in Windows as 'drive e:':
<BEGIN GeSHi>\\.\Volume{c6d6abd9-086c-11e0-8f9b-00163647b632}\<END GeSHi> link to \\?\Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0-0+6 removeable media Mounted on \\.\<BEGIN GeSHi>e:<END GeSHi>
C:\>dd if=c:\boot.img of=<BEGIN GeSHi>\\.\Volume{c6d6abd9-086c-11e0-8f9b-00163647b632}<END GeSHi> bs=1M
It will end with the message:
239+0 records in 239+0 records out
References: Debian boot usb disk for installing an Eee PC
Boot to test and install!
If the installer loads, but complains that it can't load the ISO file, get another USB stick (I used my mobile phone as an USB stick by using an USB cable) and put the .iso file onto that.
note: don't use mini.iso