Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB
On Fri 20 Dec 2013 at 21:11:00 +0000, Brian Candler wrote:
> On 20/12/2013 16:38, Brian Candler wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian
> >installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox,
> >more ISO images etc).
> >
> I've got it to work, but it could have been easier :-)
>
> I started by following the instructions at 4.3.3
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-flexible
> ("Manually copying files to the USB stick - the flexible way") -
> that is, make a new msdos filesystem, install mbr and syslinux.
This technique should not be required to be used ; the stick with the
dd'ed image should boot directly. Does it not?
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