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Re: Installation problems



On 03-03-2021 06:31, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 14:09:18 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> 
>> I've one fine machine running i386 flavor of Debian 9.13 .
>> I've wish to install 64 bit flavor on a second machine.
>> debian-10.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso was successfully downloaded & saved.
>>
>> I've a couple of 8GB flash drives which have served as installation media in
>> past. IIRC I could use gparted to wipe them before using dd to copy the iso
>> to the entire device.

 I use GParted to wipe them.
On too many occasions I've had the installation complaining about
writing to `dirty' media, and using GParted beforehand always stops
that.
Cheers!

Harry
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