Debian netinstall usb stick

This installation you will carry out is appropriate for building a future customizable server platform, without a GUI Graphical User Interface. You can use it to install only the necessary software packages that you need to work with, which we will show you in future guides. However, before you move further, read the system requirements, download the netinstall CD ISO image and then proceed to the Debian 9 installation instructions. Important : These are only values for a test scenario, in a production environment, you probably want to use suitable RAM and Hard disk size to meet your local environment needs.

Then start the computer, select your bootable device and the first Debian 9 installer boot menu should appear as shown below. Choose Graphical Install and press [Enter] key. The system will start loading media installer and a page to select the installation language should appear as shown below. Select your installation process language and click on Continue.

Now select your location used for setting the system timezone and locales, if not on the list go to Other and click on Continue. Find the region and then country. Once your done click Continue as shown below. Now configure the system locales language and country combination and click Continue. Next, choose your Keyboard Layout to use and click Continue. The next step is to set your system hostname and domain name and click Continue. Here, you will configure system users and their passwords.

Start by setting the root user password as shown below and click Continue when your done. Then create a user account for the system administrator. On the next screen, choose Manuel to perform disk partitioning.

Note : You can select Guided — use entire disk and setup LVM Logical Volume Manager as partition layout for efficient disk space management and follow the instructions. You will see an overview of your current system disks and mount points. Select the disk to be partitioned and click Continue. Next, select the free space on the disk to partition it and click Continue. Now create the Swap area by selecting Create a new partition and set appropriate size as shown in the screen shots below.

Then click Continue. Set swap partition as Primary and choose the Beginning of the free space on disk and click Continue. Now select Done setting up partition and click Continue. Thanks for reading this article. I was born in Bangladesh. It is cheaper as you can reuse the USB thumb drive over and over again. It is also simpler. Once the download is complete, you are ready to make a Debian 10 bootable USB thumb drive.

Rufus should be downloaded. Now, click on Yes. Rufus is copying all the required files to your USB thumb drive. It will take a while. You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped by running the command dmesg after inserting it. To write to your stick, you may have to turn off its write protection switch. The procedures described in this section will destroy anything already on the device! Make very sure that you use the correct device name for your USB stick.

If you use the wrong device the result could be that all information on for example a hard disk could be lost. See Section 4. Alternatively, for very small USB sticks, only a few megabytes in size, you can download the mini. The win32diskimager utility can be used under other operating systems to copy the image. The image must be written to the whole-disk device and not a partition, e.

Do not use tools like unetbootin which alter the image. The other options below are more complex, mainly for people with specialised needs.

The hybrid image on the stick does not occupy all the storage space, so it may be worth considering using the free space to hold firmware files or packages or any other files of your choice.

This could be useful if you have only one stick or just want to keep everything you need on one device. Create a second, FAT partition on the stick, mount the partition and copy or unpack the firmware onto it.

For example:. You might have written the mini. In this case the second partition doesn't have to be created as, very nicely, it will already be present. Unplugging and replugging the USB stick should make the two partitions visible.