[partial resolution] Re: Problem withj dd

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 02/21/2018 12:22 PM, Reco wrote:
> 	Hi.
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 11:39:42AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I've downloaded the netinst iso with intention of copying it to a flash
> > drive. I've done it before without problem.
> >
> > > root@debian-jan13:/home/richard# dd bs=64k if=/home/richard/Downloads/debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc
> > > dd: failed to open '/dev/sdc': No medium found
> > > root@debian-jan13:/home/richard# ls /dev/sdc
> > > /dev/sdc
> > > root@debian-jan13:/home/richard#
> >
> > What's happening?
> > [or perhaps "What have I forgotten?"]
>
> That's a legitimate question, but a better one(s) would be:
>
> 1) What's the output of "parted /dev/sdc"?
>
> 2) If the flash drive has a filesystem, is it mounted somewhere, or not?
>
> 3) What's the output of "smartctl -a /dev/sdc"?
>
> 4) What does show
>
> strace dd if=.../debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=64k
>
> 5) Can one be really sure that "/dev/sdc" is a flash drive?
>
> Reco

A variation of the "device does not always get the same /dev/??? 
designation". I've got another problem. After giving dd the correct 
destination the install did not go as expected. I've an idea of what's 
wrong but I need to run some tests. More later. Thanks