Re: Section 4.3.1 documentation bug?
On Tue 17 Feb 2015 at 17:28:27 +0100, Mario Barcala wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm reading in Wheezy and Jessie Debian publicly
> available doc that the fast way to install Debian from a USB pendrive
> is:
>
> # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
> # sync
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-isohybrid
>
> Is this fine?
>
> In Squeeze docs "cp" command was "cat" one. I tried with a relative
> new desktop and "cp" didn't work but "cat" or "dd if= of=" worked
> fine.
>
> I write you just in case it is an error.
The original advice to use cat was changed at
http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/trunk/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml?view=log&pathrev=67271
because of bug #660776.
For simplicity cp was advised at
http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/trunk/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml?view=log&pathrev=67623
There is no error in the documentation.
If cp did not work for you you might want to pursue this on debian-user.
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