echo 'APT::Cache-Limit "50331648";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf # add debian sid repository cat <<EOF> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sid.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main EOF sudo apt-get update -qq apt-get install -y --force-yes syslinux rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sid.list sudo apt-get update -qq # on i386 wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/syslinux/syslinux-common_4.01+dfsg-1_all.deb -P /tmp # on amd64 wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/syslinux/syslinux_3.86+dfsg-1_amd64.deb -P /tmp wget http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/syslinux/syslinux-common_4.01+dfsg-1_all.deb -P /tmp dpkg -i /tmp/syslinux*.deb sudo install-mbr /dev/sdb http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/syslinux/download mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/ mkdir -p /mnt/boot/syslinux syslinux -f -d /boot/syslinux /dev/sdb1 umount /mnt
Links
http://syslinux.zytor.com/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#Linux
http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/syslinux/download