On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 09:01:05AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I will be installing Debian at locations which DO NOT have internet. > Instead of juggling a stack of DVDs, I want everything on a USB stick. > I am using Debian 6.0.5 as test case - it's what I have available. > There was no problem copying the first DVD to the beginning of the USB stick > with dd. > I did a preliminary test by booting to the USB stick and the install program > apparently worked OK. > > I rebooted to an operable system and created a large partition on the > remainder of the flash drive. I then attempted to copy DVDs to the flash > drive using first > cp -r -l /media/cdrom0 /media/mydrive/disk1 > I aborted when started receiving error messages of failure with link files. > I then tried > cp -r -l /media/cdrom0 /media/mydrive/disk1 > I aborted that also reviving similar error messages. > > How should I be doing this?
man cp IOW you are probably missing an option, perhaps the -a, or even the -H? This is only a suggestion, I'd play around with them and see which one gives the desired behaviour. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140413045939.GC15184@tal
