[Debian-eeepc-devel] Fwd: Problem with an installation of Sqeeze on EeePC

[Ben Armstrong]

Michal,

I'm forwarding your request for support to our mailing list, which is
the appropriate place to ask. Please subscribe, or else follow the list
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http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-eeepc-devel

So, when you press "Enter", is that at the boot menu for the image?
Does the same image work in another system? (You can abort before
actually doing an install.)

If it doesn't work in another system, it sounds like a bad write to your
install media.  Please make sure, when you zcat boot.img.gz to the
device, that any partitions present on the device haven't been
automounted by your system.  If they have, umount them before proceeding.

Ben

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Problem with an installation of Sqeeze on EeePC
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:12:26 +0100
From: Michal Vyoral <michal.vyoral at chmi.cz>
To: synrg at debian.org

Hello Ben,

I have tried to install the Debian Sqeeze on my EeePC following your
guide on

 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/InstallUsingStandardInstaller

but it did not work: I have booted from an USB stick and pressed "Enter"
to install, but nothing happened. I have wait 15 minutes and then
canceled the installation.

Here is what I have:

* EeePC 4G Surf
* 500 MB memory
* Intel Celeron M 900Hz

and what  I have done:

* Download

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_beta1/i386/iso-cd/debian-squeeze-di-beta1-i386-netinst.iso

* Download

http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz

* Make a loadable USB stick

  # zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sda

* Mount USB stick

  # mount /dev/sda /mnt/sda

* Copy ISO image on the stick

  # cp debian-squeeze-di-beta1-i386-netinst.iso /mnt/sda/

* Umount USB stick

  # umount /mnt/sda

* Boot from USB stick.

Both images are readable. Could you help me with the installation?
Thanks.

Best regards,
Michal Vyoral