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Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore

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On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 16:06:59 +0000, David Griffith wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, solitone wrote:
> 
> >Why don't you  follow  what explained here:
> >https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en
> >
> >It's a simple two command procedure:
> >
> ># cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
> ># sync
> 
> I don't follow it because I want to be able to include a preseed file and
> assorted non-free firmware packages.  I also want to include assorted other
> things that I like to put on a fresh machine.

The USB stick will have spare space for files on another partition. Your
objection is spurious and a non-starter.

> >As specified, this should work fine for most users. The other options are
> >more complex, mainly for people with specialised needs.
> >
> >Please notice that the image must be written to the whole-disk device and
> >not a partition, e.g. /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1. This is also pointed out
> >in the liked web page.
> 
> I followed those instruction and got the same results. I installed Wheezy on
> a spare machine.  There I was able to create a writable flash drive
> installer that installs Jessie.

You used 'cp debian.iso /dev/sdX' and it didn't work? Is that what you
mean by "same results"?

-- 
Brian.

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Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-01 10:10 +0100
  Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore solitone <solitone@mail.com> - 2017-02-01 10:30 +0100
    Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-01 17:10 +0100
      Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-01 17:40 +0100
        Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-02-01 21:40 +0100
      Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-01 22:00 +0100
        Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-02 01:40 +0100
          Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-02 02:20 +0100
          Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-02-02 13:00 +0100
  Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-02-01 10:40 +0100
  Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-02 13:40 +0100
    Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-02-03 06:10 +0100
      Re: Can't make writable USB thumbdrive installer anymore Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-03 14:50 +0100

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