On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 16:12:52 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > > > No restoring is needed. > > > > dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M; sync > > > > will obliterate the drive's contents. > > > > Note it is /dev/sdX, not /dev/sdXN. Writing to partition number N will > > not make the drive bootable. > > > The command > > dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync > > , if given as a normal user, gets the `permission denied',
That's fine. A user is not allowed to write directly to a disk device. > and, as superuser, > the complain that there's `no space left' on the device. Is the complaint issued *immediately* after the dd command or some time later? What is the size of the pendrive? Please try cat debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso > /dev/sdb -- 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/20150124164052.ga27...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
