Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.10 "lenny" install

Installing Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.10 "lenny" on a HP compaq nc6000, p/n DE646AV.

Even though Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 "squeeze" was available, I opted for the previous release, in an attempt to avoid install error #681656.

Downloaded the netinst CD image (generally 135-175 MB) and burned to USB using program unetbootin.

• Installed Unetbootin support package 7-zip
• Formatted USB 8GB pen drive as FAT32 using Red Hat Disk Utility 3.0.2
• Format drive > Master Boot Record > Format
• Create partition > FAT > Create
• Mount volume
• Unetbootin with ISO file debian-5010-i386-netinst.iso to /dev/sdb1 > OK
• Reboot
• Fails to detect network hardware

I give up and try a workaround for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.5 "squeeze": using the nightly builds.