Re: readonly installer, (SOLVED)
On Tue 02 Apr 2024 at 05:54:06 (-0700), David Christensen wrote:
> On 4/1/24 11:35, DdB wrote:
> > Am 01.04.2024 um 18:52 schrieb David Christensen:
> > > A bad USB flash drive would explain why you cannot boot the Debian
> > > installer. Please buy a good quality USB 3.0+ flash drive and try again.
> >
> > A friend of mine just let me use an external CD-Drive with the netboot
> > image.
>
> I thought about suggesting that in my last post, but did not want to
> complicate things. A key advantage of using a CD-R disc is that you
> can verify the disc contents and/or checksum against the ISO and/or
> checksum now and in the future. This is not true for a USB flash
> drive, because the Debian installer modifies the contents of the USB
> flash drive when it runs.
If this troubles you, you can also use an SD card with a write-lock,
or a µSD card with a lock on the SD adaptor.
Check that the write-lock works with the logs when you plug it in,
or run fdisk/gdisk and immediately quit.
Cheers,
David.
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