On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > From: > > http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a > pendrive with: > > $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync
That's an ok command. > , but then can't boot from it even though the BIOS is - apparently - > configured > so to do that. Why? Assuming the machine can boot from USB, check the BIOS settings again. On a running system, please post the outputs of fdisk -l debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and, after plugging in the pendrive, fdisk -l /dev/sdX You'll get "X" from dmesg. -- 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/24012015131212.bf27112c3...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
