Re: Can't boot from pendrive

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>> 
>> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>> >
>> >> From:
>> >> 
>> >>  http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
>> >> 
>> >> I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a
>> >> pendrive with:
>> >> 
>> >>  $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync
>> 
>> That was actually `sdb1', not `sdc', sorry.
>
> That's not an ok command if you want the stick to be bootable. Try
> /dev/sdb.

How do I restore the pendrive?  Now there's no space left, or permissions are
denied.

Rodolfo