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Re: USB stick installer



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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