[angrycoder]

Anyone know if these images work with any of the popular USB key installers?

[squeezingswirls]

Tip:

You can just raw copy (with dd) (most) Squeeze images to an usb-stick, and start installation from there.

[JoshTriplett]

Right. Specifically, at least the x86 CD/DVD images use isohybrid, which makes them simultaneously valid as burnable media images and as bootable disk images.

Also, Debian has combined 32-bit and 64-bit x86 images, so you don't have to decide in advance which one you need. Just download the multi-arch image and it will autodetect: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.0/multi-arch/iso-cd/...

And this release also coincides with a Debian website redesign, which makes the site both much more usable and much shinier. Notice that http://debian.org/ has a prominent link to the x86 multi-arch image in the upper right corner of the page.

[omgmog]

Installing fine from a USB stick here. I grabbed CD1 of the X64 discs, and copied to USB using dd:

dd if=/path/to/thedebian.iso of=/path/to/usbstick/device

(replacing the if and of with your paths of course -- note: all data on the usb stick will be erased, and make sure you've picked the right device!)

[augustl]

Of the distros I have used, only Ubuntu ships images that only boots on CDs. Debian, Arch, OpenSUSE all ship images that boot on "normal" storage (such as USB sticks, HDs, SSDs) and can be DD-ed to them.

[pbiggar]

I have always installed ubuntu off a USB stick, with no problems.

[squeezeuser]

It works just fine with unetbootin, though I can't vouch for any others.