On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 01:16:41PM -0800, Weaver wrote: > On 03-03-2021 06:31, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 14:09:18 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >> I've one fine machine running i386 flavor of Debian 9.13 . > >> I've wish to install 64 bit flavor on a second machine. > >> debian-10.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso was successfully downloaded & saved. > >> > >> I've a couple of 8GB flash drives which have served as installation media in > >> past. IIRC I could use gparted to wipe them before using dd to copy the iso > >> to the entire device. > > I use GParted to wipe them. > On too many occasions I've had the installation complaining about > writing to `dirty' media, and using GParted beforehand always stops > that. > Cheers! Hm. dd won't complain. It will overwrite the partition table and the rest. There's nothing magical about the partition table, it just sits in the first block(s) of the device. Can you remember which program complained and how? Cheers - t
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