On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 15:40 +0200, w...@vienna.at wrote: > > No because netinst images generally work on USB sticks. > > [...] > > > [2] sudo cp *.iso /dev/sdb > > [...] > > Why *.iso? Are you sure this matched only one file? > > Of course *iso, what else? *img? > But i'd be surprised if cp ever can manage that copying .... > Because there should the 512 bit at the very beginning! > For the information where the *iso-bootloader is expected - > by BIOS. Or does one start with a bootloader from anywhere > else being able to start the image on the stick?
The #1 ISO images for x86 include an MBR containing the first stage of syslinux, an Apple partition map and for amd64 a GPT with an EFI boot partition containing GRUB. So, yes, copying to the whole-disk device is right, though it is unusual to use cp for this. > And also keep in mind, dd only will manage sdb, never sdb1. sdb1 is part of sdb. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings If you seem to know what you are doing, you'll be given more to do.
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