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Debian Squeeze/Wheezy on Ultra 2?
Is there a way to get rid of all the netgear stuff and just install vanilla Debian on the Ultra 2? I connected a serial adapter and I'm able to fiddle with the BIOS and select a USB stick as the st...
mangrove wrote: A step-by-step of this procedure would be pretty nice... :-)
1. connect serial cable - verify that you can access the bios and similar over it
2. make an netinstall x86 debian usb stick - verify that it can boot another x86 machine
3. with serial cable connected and usb stick inserted, boot the ultra 2 with the backup-button on the unit held down to boot from usb. repeatedly hit the escape key on your keyboard while doing this to get the "boot:" prompt
4. type in "install video=off console=ttyS0,9600n8" (no quotes) and run through the installer as usual
5. profit
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