Re: debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso usb grub boot error "invalid buffer alignment"

[Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk>]

Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@gmail.com> writes:

> Attempting a fresh Debian stable install with
> debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso (latest default amd64 boot image), `cp
> deiban-...iso /dev/sdX; sync`, and rebooted to the usb stick with the

You can't just copy the iso to the stick and get it to boot. This stick
must have already had an image written to it, the leftovers of which is
getting as far as GRUB.

I noticed you posted a follow-up saying you're on Ubuntu - in which case
you should be able to use dd to write the image to the stick.

Cheers,
Tom