Re: how to create debian live usb

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 1/4/2020 4:44 AM, kaye n wrote:
> Hello Friends,
>
> I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't been
> successful creating live USB using the following commands:
>
> cp <file> <device>
>
> dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync
>
> Then I tried copying via a file manager, that is, right-click the iso ->
> copy -> paste into the flash drive, then flag the flash drive with 'boot'
> using gparted.
>
> Failed as well.  The flash drive contains the iso file along with many
> other files that seem to be corrupted - no file name, just weird icons.
>
> Are my flash drives corrupted?  Should I try the following commands?
>
> sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx
> sudo mkfs.msdos -f 32 /dev/sdxx
>
> And if that is done, do I again try:
> dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync
> ?
>
> Thank you for your time!
>

The only command that you should use is the cp command from above.

This assumes that before executing the command you have verified and
checksummed the downloaded file.

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John Doe