Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:02:31 -0500 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) 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 References: User-Agent: tin/2.6.1-20211226 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.16.12-200.fc35.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:02:31 -0500 Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-pYsw+Hc1vcT9KpBSQkpzg0z4jzwDW5lKuFYJAOjQiScOb9lod0X8f+JotmT/hio+8AlbBTf0GXtcDUD!BtzL8a8Yumbxn/lwgkojM3RKNhDzNCnIAnw1mASofaqtMUNrCUE27oYAzRFrkXwphIfxndNuet7o!CFe/E9mwQk2D80MLa/Rtpx+pM2U/+RAJ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2664 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:3581 comp.os.linux.misc:34886 comp.os.linux.setup:4811 In comp.os.linux.hardware David W. Hodgins wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:13:13 -0400, Ant 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. -- Dang old computer hardwares failing, heat wave, body (tired and hurty), life, etc. Everyone is BUSY too! :( Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )