Re: [partial resolution] Re: Problem withj dd

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 02/21/2018 12:39 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 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:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > 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

Found it. An intermittent hardware problem. IOW not really a Debian problem