Re: Copying complete SET of installation DVDs to a USB stick
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 09:01:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I will be installing Debian at locations which DO NOT have internet.
> Instead of juggling a stack of DVDs, I want everything on a USB stick.
> I am using Debian 6.0.5 as test case - it's what I have available.
> There was no problem copying the first DVD to the beginning of the USB stick
> with dd.
> I did a preliminary test by booting to the USB stick and the install program
> apparently worked OK.
>
> I rebooted to an operable system and created a large partition on the
> remainder of the flash drive. I then attempted to copy DVDs to the flash
> drive using first
> cp -r -l /media/cdrom0 /media/mydrive/disk1
> I aborted when started receiving error messages of failure with link files.
> I then tried
> cp -r -l /media/cdrom0 /media/mydrive/disk1
> I aborted that also reviving similar error messages.
>
> How should I be doing this?
man cp
IOW you are probably missing an option, perhaps the -a, or even the -H?
This is only a suggestion, I'd play around with them and see which one
gives the desired behaviour.
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