Re: Installation problems
On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 22:21:42 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 01:16:41PM -0800, Weaver wrote:
> > 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!
>
> Hm. dd won't complain. It will overwrite the partition table and the
> rest. There's nothing magical about the partition table, it just sits
> in the first block(s) of the device.
>
> Can you remember which program complained and how?
I have never had an occasion (and I've done it often enough) when
'cp ISO /dev/sdX' has failed or issued a warning. It simply gets on
with the job of writing to the medium and obliterating the existing
contents.
--
Brian.
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