Re: USB boot creator

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Tue 09 Oct 2012 at 20:17:21 -0400, Mike O wrote:

> If you already have a linux machine you can write the iso to a usb drive
> with 'dd' or 'cat'. Check out the documentation on the debian web site
> for more details.

This is a good idea but whether the ISO is an isohybrid one should be
checked first:

   brian@desktop:~$ /sbin/fdisk -l debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso 
   You must set cylinders.
   You can do this from the extra functions menu.

   Disk debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso: 0 MB, 0 bytes
   64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
   Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
   Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
   I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
   Disk identifier: 0x50a4f79b

                             Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks Id  System
   debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso1   *           1         249      254944 17  Hidden HPFS/NTFS

'Hidden HPFS/NTFS' is what you would look for.