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What I'm trying to do is too make a Debian instalation USB key unattended.

o I want to pre-answer questions like language, name, packges, partitionning, etc...
o I want to store those answer in a file (I guess) on the USB key
o I want to modify the boot process to start installing using the answer file
In this case you need to work with the Debian installer. DebianInstaller is the official installation system for the Debian distribution since the Sarge (3.1) release.
 
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readdvd

readdvd(1)							    readdvd 1.0 							readdvd(1)

NAME

       readdvd - is creating an image of your source dvd media or medias even if it has / they have corrupted blocks

SYNOPSIS

       readdvd [-l] [-h]
       readdvd -d DEVICE1 [-d DEVICE2] [-d ...] -o file.iso [-s #] [-v] [-vv]

DESCRIPTION

       readdvd reads even a corrupted dvd and writes the the result into a new image file on your harddisk.

DEVICE

       can be an IDE, SCSI, SATA, USB or FireWire connected optical drive. Not all SATA controller support all Plextor features.

       Linux:
       /dev/hdX: IDE device
       /dev/scdX: Linux 2.4: SATA, SCSI, USB device, or IDE device via ide-scsi emulation
       /dev/srX: Linux 2.6: IDE device via new ATA layer, SCSI or USB device

       OpenBSD/NetBSD:
       /dev/rcdX

       FreeBSD:
       /dev/cd: SCSI device
       /dev/acd: ATA device

       MacOS X:
       /dev/disk:

       win32:
       C:,D:,E:, ... X:,Y:,Z:

OPTIONS

       -l	 scan busses for all available CD and DVD devices

       -h	 help shows available options.

       -o file.iso
		 write data to imagefile named file.iso

       -s #	 read source media with selected speed

       -v	 use verbose mode

       -vv	 use extended verbose mode

INTERACTIVE MODUS

       q    stop reading media and exit

       w    save sector map which is currently read and continue with the next one

EXAMPLES

       readdvd -d /dev/sr0 -o filename.iso -s 8 -v
	    create an image filename.bin of inserted media in device /dev/sr0 with read speed 8 in verbose mode.

       please report man page improvements to T.Maguin@web.de

Gennady ShultZ Kozlov						  10. April, 2009							readdvd(1)