Re: Squeeze install hangs reading CD drive

[Steve Kleene <skdeb@syrano.acb.uc.edu>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:18:36 -0500, Matt Harrison <matt.harrison82@gmail.com>
wrote:

>> cat debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdc
>> sync
>>
>
>Instead of doing this, have you tried running:
>
>dd if=(path to ISO) of=/dev/sdX   ?
>
>I did this with the netinstall ISO and the Disk 1 CD ISO and it worked
>just fine for me

I don't understand why dd would give a different result that cat, but I tried
it anyway and got the same result.  The USB flash drive booted but couldn't
find the CD drive.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.