On 05/07/2021 01:21 PM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
Hello,
Yes, the guide is current.
Richard Owlett, le ven. 07 mai 2021 09:46:47 -0500, a ecrit:
I wish to install Debian 10 on a laptop with no internet connectivity
following instructions at
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.en.html#usb-copy-flexible
The system I'm using to prepare the flash drive is running Debian 9.13 {the
i386 flavor IIRC}
It responds
root@defaultinstall:/home/richard# install-mbr /dev/sdc
install-mbr:/dev/sdc: Probable detection of modern MBR format which is currently
incompatible with install-mbr. Installing will probably break Windows
installations
on this system. Use --force to override.
Is this expected?
It completely depends on what you previously had on your key.
It was an old device with an unknown history.
Therefore I used Gparted to:
1. create a msdos partition table
2. create a FAT16 primary partition {will contain DVD1.iso}
3. create a ext4 primary partition {for misc files}
If you are sure that sdc is your flash drive,
I learned that lesson decades ago ;}
you don't care about
"break Windows installations on this system", since I guess your flash
drive doesn't contain anything useful anyway.
None of my current machines have Windows.
When I see an unexpected error message {especially one I don't
understand}, I ask questions before proceeding {spent years in both
customer and engineering support}.
Thank you.
Samuel
