Installing debian lenny stable on fit-pc2

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I installed a linux debian lenny stable 502 and it detected and configured automaticaly my 1280x1024@76Hz screen

linux debian lenny stable 500 had problems detecting my hard drive

Installing debian lenny stable 502 on fit-pc2

http://www.debian.org

You need a computer with linux and a 1Go usb key

modify your bios (F2 key on startup) : boot priority order
1: USB KEY
2: USB HDD
3: USB CDROM
4: IDE HDD

1- assuming your USB KEY is detected as /dev/sda1
2- unmount the USB key
umount /dev/sda1
3- make sda1 partition bootable (man fdisk)
fdisk /dev/sda
t 1 c
a 1
w
4- create an msdos filesystem on your usb key
mkdosfs /dev/sda1
5- install syslinux
syslinux /dev/sda1
6- install the master boot record (mbr)
install-mbr /dev/sda1
7- mount the usb key
mount /dev/sda1 /media/disk
8- download
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/l ... /hd-media/
boot.img.gz initrd.gz vmlinuz
9- download debian-502-i386-CD-1.iso
http://www.debian.org/CD/
10- copy the iso and boot.img.gz initrd.gz vmlinuz on the usb key
11- on your usb key create a file name syslinux.cfg
default vmlinuz
append initrd=initrd.gz
12- unmount your usb key
umount /dev/sda1
13- boot your fit-pc2 with the usb key
14- follow the instructions http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
15- enjoy