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Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

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On 02/02/2017 11:07 PM, David Griffith wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Feb 2017, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> On 02/01/2017 02:50 AM, David Griffith wrote:
>>>
>>> I used to be able to make a writable USB thumbdrive installer
>>> > by following the directions found at
>>> https://hyper.to/blog/link/debian-installer-on-a-usb-key/,
>>> altering the name of the release and device.  Now I can't get
>>> > it to work.
>>> [*SNIP* details]
>>
>> I've snipped the details as I suspect the various readers have
>> subconsciously used those details to say your goals/motivations
>> are _identical_ to theirs.
>>
>> Following this thread I _read into_ your posts some {mutually
>> contradictory} things I've tried to do with various levels of
>> success.
>>
>> Once it's prepared, for what do you use it?
>> What problem did using a USB stick for the above purpose solve?
>> With what versions of Debian were you successful?
>>
>> I worded those questions to keep out as many of my
>> preconceptions out as possible.
>
> My intent is to have a USB installer flash drive to which I can
> add a preseed.cfg file, non-free firmware packages, and other
> stuff I like to add to a fresh machine.
>
> It turned out that the problem was a change in syslinux's
> behavior that was documented for Stretch's install
> instructions[1], but not for Jessie[2].  It boiled down to the
> grammar of the syslinux.cfg file.  For instance, this is the old
> way:
>
>   default vmlinuz
>   append initrd=initrd.gz
>
> This is the new way:
>
>   default vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz
>
> See also:
> https://bugs.debian.org/803267
> https://bugs.debian.org/853918
> https://bugs.debian.org/853965
>
> Footnotes:
> [1] https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/ch04s03.html.en
> [2] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en
>
>

My underlying question was apparently moot as your problem is 
resolved.

I do something similar but with a collection of application 
oriented preseed files on one drive and a collection of flash 
drives with DVD1 of releases of current interest.

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Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-01 10:10 +0100
  Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-01 10:30 +0100
    Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-01 17:10 +0100
      Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-01 17:40 +0100
        Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 21:40 +0100
      Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-01 22:00 +0100
        Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-02 01:40 +0100
          Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-02 02:20 +0100
          Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-02 13:00 +0100
  Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-02-01 10:40 +0100
  Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-02 13:40 +0100
    Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-03 06:10 +0100
      Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-03 14:50 +0100

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