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+Credit to dilinger for this one.
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+Partition the USB stick (some come unpartitioned and expect you to mount the full device; that won’t work here). Make the partition bootable, type Linux (0×83).
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+We’ll assume the device node for the partition is /dev/sda1 from here on.
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+mkfs.ext3 -m 0 /dev/sda1
+mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
+grub-install –root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
+mkdir -p /mnt/boot/grub
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+Save menu.lst into /mnt/boot/grub/
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+Save the appropriate vmlinuz and initrd.gz files and an install ISO into /mnt/
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+If you don’t have these already, try here and here (use the “netinst” or “businesscard” ISO images unless you have a good reason to need the whole image and a > 512MiB flash drive).
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+umount /mnt
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+That’s it!
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diff --git a/files/menu.lst b/files/menu.lst
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+default 0
+timeout 5
+color cyan/blue white/blue
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+title Debian Installer
+root (hd0,0)
+kernel /vmlinuz ramdisk_size=10000 root=/dev/rd/0 init=/linuxrc devfs=mount,dall rw
+initrd /initrd.gz
+savedefault
+boot
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2009-Sep-11: Confusing BIND with CNAMEs
2009-Feb-19: The odd case of my mugging
2009-Feb-03: 5-packet TCP connection?
+2006-Feb-06: Installing Debian from a USB stick
2006-Feb-02: Rebooting Linux when it doesn’t feel like it
2006-Jan-25: New MySQL toys
2006-Jan-24: Finally, sane MySQL clustering
diff --git a/markdown/2006-02-06-installing-debian-from-a-usb-stick.md b/markdown/2006-02-06-installing-debian-from-a-usb-stick.md
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+Credit to [dilinger](http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/09/msg01722.html) for this one.
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+Partition the USB stick (some come unpartitioned and expect you to mount the full device; that won’t work here). Make the partition bootable, type Linux (0×83).
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+We’ll assume the device node for the partition is /dev/sda1 from here on.
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+ mkfs.ext3 -m 0 /dev/sda1
+ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
+ grub-install –root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda
+ mkdir -p /mnt/boot/grub
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+Save [menu.lst](files/menu.lst) into /mnt/boot/grub/
+
+Save the appropriate vmlinuz and initrd.gz files and an install ISO into /mnt/
+
+If you don’t have these already, try [here](http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-i386/current//images/hd-media/2.6/) and [here](http://debian.osuosl.org/debian-cdimage/current/i386/iso-cd/) (use the “netinst” or “businesscard” ISO images unless you have a good reason to need the whole image and a > 512MiB flash drive).
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+ umount /mnt
+
+That’s it!
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+
diff --git a/markdown/index.md b/markdown/index.md
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1. 2009-Sep-11: [Confusing BIND with CNAMEs](2009-09-11-confusing-bind-with-cnames.html)
1. 2009-Feb-19: [The odd case of my mugging](2019-02-19-the-odd-case-of-my-mugging.html)
1. 2009-Feb-03: [5-packet TCP connection?](2009-02-03-5-packet-tcp-connection.html)
+1. 2006-Feb-06: [Installing Debian from a USB stick](2006-02-06-installing-debian-from-a-usb-stick.html)
1. 2006-Feb-02: [Rebooting Linux when it doesn’t feel like it](2006-02-02-rebooting-linux-when-it-doesnt-feel-like-it.html)
1. 2006-Jan-25: [New MySQL toys](2006-01-25-new-mysql-toys.html)
1. 2006-Jan-24: [Finally, sane MySQL clustering](2006-01-24-finally-sane-mysql-clustering.html)