On Lu, 15 sep 14, 18:46:07, Alexandros Prekates wrote: > In 4.3.1. Preparing a USB stick using a hybrid CD or DVD image [1] > it says: > > # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX > # sync > > Unfortunately i used /dev/sdb1 spenting a couple of hours > trying to figure out why my mobo would boot my usb flash with > the debian image resulting in the thread: > ''USB bootable debian stick wont boot on 890FXA-GD65 mobo''[2] > in the debian-user list where after some messages a friend send > me an analytical example [3] understanding my error which in short > was that i wrote the image to a partition not to the whole drive. > > So i think that it'd be helpfull the aforementioned 4.3.1 paragraph > to have a warning of caution to use the name of disk not partition. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apes02.html.en Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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