07 Agustus 2010

Installing debian 64 bit on intel laptop from USB flash disk


First of all, in debian, 64 bit for ordinary intel processor is denoted as AMD64
instead of IA64, which is totally different architecture that is die casted
on unpopular intel Itanium processor only.

The procedure is quite simple.

  1. Use unetbootin to create a bootable usb disk debian linux installer. I personally
    suggest using [Distribution], then I choose "Debian" and "Stable_HdMedia_x64".
    After the process done, check whether /dev/sdX1 mountable. If not try to plug the stick off
    and plug it in again, hopefully it will be automounted. From this point forward
    I assume we can mount and write into /deb/sdX1, e.g. mount into /mnt/usb/

  2. Download debian-505-amd64-CD-1.iso from debian.org and copy the file into mount point
    of /dev/sdX1 (eg. /mnt/usb/). The installer is supposed to fetch this file from
    the network. But when we cannot configure our laptop to have internet connection
    this should help. Moreover the inetbootin can be configured in Windows!

Voila...
We have a USB installer with full support from CD1 of debian lenny.

warning: this procedure is proven doesn't work for squeeze

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