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Re: debianlive iso with xfce and clamav



On 2015-11-25, rlharris@oplink.net <rlharris@oplink.net> wrote:
> On Tue, November 24, 2015 11:28 pm, David Christensen wrote:
>> On 11/24/2015 09:16 PM, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> ...
>> I discovered the install-Debain-to-USB trick a couple of years ago, when
>> I was using Wheezy.  I am only just starting to migrate to Jessie, and
>> expect that it works too.
>
> Yes; the CD images routinely are designed for USB booting.  Just use dd to
> copy the image to the USB device.  I do not recall where I saw the
> recommendation for the blocksize parameter, but this is what I use:
>
> # dd if=<isoimagename>.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M
>

The above command copies the installer or live iso to a USB stick. David
is talking about using the USB as an installation target.

-- 

Liam



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