Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore
On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, solitone wrote:
Why don't you follow what explained here:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en
It's a simple two command procedure:
# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
# sync
I don't follow it because I want to be able to include a preseed file and
assorted non-free firmware packages. I also want to include assorted
other things that I like to put on a fresh machine.
As specified, this should work fine for most users. The other options
are more complex, mainly for people with specialised needs.
Please notice that the image must be written to the whole-disk device
and not a partition, e.g. /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1. This is also
pointed out in the liked web page.
I followed those instruction and got the same results. I installed Wheezy
on a spare machine. There I was able to create a writable flash drive
installer that installs Jessie.
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David Griffith
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