Re: USB stick installer
On 20/05/2025 at 10:13, rob stone wrote:
I have copied debian-12.11.0-amd64-netinst.iso to a USB stick and its
size is 702545920.
Am I correct in thinking that I can boot from this on a new laptop
(after adjusting boot sequence) and then install Debian on that laptop
wiping out the OS it was sold with?
It depends what you mean by "copied".
If you mean "write to the raw /dev/sdX USB drive", e.g.
# cp debian-12.11.0-amd64-netinst.iso /dev/sdX
or
# dd if=debian-12.11.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
then the answer is yes, unless the laptop firmware is faulty or the CPU
is not 64-bit x86. If you mean "write to a mounted filesystem on the USB
drive, e.g.
# mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt && cp debian-12.11.0-amd64-netinst.iso /mnt
then the answer is no.
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