On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 08:43:29PM +0000, L Dimov wrote: > On Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 03:28:33 PM EST, Andrew M.A. Cater <amacater@einval.com> wrote: [...] > > Exactly how did you copy the image onto the USB stick - what command did > > you use and did you wait until it had copied fully? > > > > Andy Cater > > Andy, I did wait till it was done indeed. I copied the image to the USB with: > dd if=/home/luben/Downloads/debian-live-11.5.0-amd64-gnome.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M; sync > I tried it without the: > > bs=8M; sync > as well. We don't know whether the copy was a problem. The `sync' is important, though, and it is very important to wait until it finishes. Otherwise the data may be in RAM, still waiting to be pushed out to the stick. The `bs=8M' may or may not make the copy faster (in my experience, it does, but not by a spectacular amount; my very incomplete tests show a very flat maximum roughly in the abouts of 1M). You can also ditch the sync and let dd do it. I recommend dd if=<your image> of=/dev/sdb bs=1M oflag=sync status=progress (the `status=progress' gives you some feedback on how far the copy is, the `oflag=sync' makes that the write is synchronized, so you don't have to wait for the sync at the end). Cheers -- tomás
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