On Tue 07 May 2013 at 00:09:07 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Lu, 06 mai 13, 14:33:45, Paul Condon wrote:
Can this mini.iso be written to a USB memory stick, as well as to a
blank CD?
You already have a reference for that. Something that is not widely
known about the mini.iso is that it can also be written on the
to-be-installed media ;)
Which includes the USB stick the ISO is on. So you can boot d-i from the
stick, provide needed firmware from the same stick and install to it.
Some would see that as value for money, :)
But beware! If dd, cat or cp is used to write the ISO to the stick GRUB
will not install on it because it detects the signature of an isohybrid\.
The solution is
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX count=100
prior to partitioning. /dev/sdX is the USB stick. The wrong 'X' could
ruin your day.
But, as I read the instructions, the is no partitioning done, just a write with dd, cat, or dd. So prior to what step is the above done? But, agree that it is a good idea to write only onto the device intended, and not clobber some other device on the computer on which one is doing the preperation of the memstick. I am confused.