Hi Haines,

On 13/08/15 01:22, Haines Brown wrote:
> I downloaded Alpha 2 and placed it on a USB key with unetbootin.
>
Why didn't you just use dd (or even cat) to just dump the iso onto the
usbstick.

> When I boot a Thinkpad x250 with Alpha 2 iso, it comes up with "Missing
> parameter error". However, when I provide Install at the "Boot:" prompt,
> it boots to the installer.
>
> However, on a i386 desktop machine for which I would really like to
> install devuan, booting the key comes up with "Missing parameter in
> configuration file: Keyword: path". In this case, there is no Boot:
> prompt.
>
> I don't understand these messages or if they are compatible.

I suspect these may be related to using unetbootin instead of just using
dd to write the image to your usb stick. If doing this doesn't solve
the issue, then please file an issue here:

https://git.devuan.org/d-i/debian-installer/issues

Thanks,
    Daniel

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