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From: James Stuckey on 13 Aug 2010 14:00
Hello,

I'm trying to use a usb key as installation media. I followed the
instructions given here earlier but Unetbootin but did not produce a
bootable stick. When trying to boot with that stick I get an error that says
"*No* DEFAULT or *UI configuration* directive found". I tried running it
again but that didn't work either. There seems to be lots of *notes* about
creating bootable usb sticks scattered around various places, but none of
the ones I have read give complete information. Is anyone who knows how this
is done willing to write instructions?

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From: Mathieu Malaterre on 13 Aug 2010 15:00
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:40 PM, James Stuckey <jhstuckey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to use a usb key as installation media. I followed the
> instructions given here earlier but Unetbootin but did not produce a
> bootable stick. When trying to boot with that stick I get an error that says
> "No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found". I tried running it again
> but that didn't work either. There seems to be lots of *notes* about
> creating bootable usb sticks scattered around various places, but none of
> the ones I have read give complete information. Is anyone who knows how this
> is done willing to write instructions?
>
> I'm not subscribed to the debian-user list. Please reply to my e-mail
> address.
>

I used the simple solution you were previously suggested:

http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html#ftn.id318505

It did work pretty well for me. The tricky part is to understand that
zcat should be applied on the whole filesystem, not the first
partition:

zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX

which is not:

zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX1

HTH
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From: Mathieu Malaterre on 13 Aug 2010 15:10
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:59 PM, Mathieu Malaterre
<mathieu.malaterre(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:40 PM, James Stuckey <jhstuckey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to use a usb key as installation media. I followed the
>> instructions given here earlier but Unetbootin but did not produce a
>> bootable stick. When trying to boot with that stick I get an error that says
>> "No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found". I tried running it again
>> but that didn't work either. There seems to be lots of *notes* about
>> creating bootable usb sticks scattered around various places, but none of
>> the ones I have read give complete information. Is anyone who knows how this
>> is done willing to write instructions?
>>
>> I'm not subscribed to the debian-user list. Please reply to my e-mail
>> address.
>>
>
> I used the simple solution you were previously suggested:
>
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch04s03.html#ftn.id318505
>
> It did work pretty well for me. The tricky part is to understand that
> zcat should be applied on the whole filesystem, not the first
> partition:
>
> zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX
>
> which is not:
>
> zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX1

BTW make sure to umount the usb key first.

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/446


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