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| From | ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) |
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| Subject | Re: What's the best low-end supported Linux to use in a very old 2008 MacBook Pro? |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.questions, comp.os.linux.setup |
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| Date | 2022-06-27 18:02 -0500 |
Cross-posted to 5 groups.
In comp.os.linux.hardware David W. Hodgins <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:13:13 -0400, Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
> > Over the hot weekend, I tried live Debian Bullseye v11.3
> > (https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-xfce.iso
> > and
> > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-standard.iso)
> > since I didn't want to touch the internal HDD yet. I used 8 GB USB flash
> > stick with non-default DD option in Rufus in an updated 64-bit W10 Pro
> > PC. Without DD, it wouldn't boot correctly which was weird/odd!
> It's not really weird. Normally rufus will alter the mbr of the usb stick
> after copying the iso, to try and make it bootable.
> When an iso image is already bootable, those alterations stop it from working
> as the changes alter what were already correct values.
> That's why dd or similar must be used so those values do not get altered.
Interesting. I wonder Rufus doesn't say that.
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