Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?
On Wed 27 Jul 2011 at 07:49:09 -0400, shawn wilson wrote:
> BTW, is there a command to see if an ISO can be dd'd to a drive like that
> and work? Ie, if I download the latest puppy, or slack, or or cent, or
> vyatta, or bill and Ted's most excellent linux distro ISO image, is there a
> better way to find out than just testing to see?
desktop:/home/brian# fdisk -l mini.iso
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.
Disk mini.iso: 0 MB, 0 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x1a5eb4e6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
mini.iso1 * 1 10 10240 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
mini.iso2 11 17 7168 1 FAT12
desktop:/home/brian# fdisk -l tinycore_3.4.1.iso
Disk tinycore_3.4.1.iso: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk tinycore_3.4.1.iso doesn't contain a valid partition table
mini.iso is an isohybrid. tinycore_3.4.1.iso isn't, but may be converted
to one with the isohybrid command from the syslinux package. I wouldn't
count on isohybrid working with all isos.
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