Hi Rob, Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> writes: > 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 Or if you used an easy to use utility like Etcher (even on another OS) https://etcher.balena.io/ > then the answer is yes, unless the laptop firmware is faulty or the CPU > is not 64-bit x86. Cheers, Nicholas
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