Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.med...@gmail.com> writes: > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > >> On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:41:05 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >>> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >>> >>> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> > >>> >> Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: >>> >> >>> >> > 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 was actually `sdb1', not `sdc', sorry. >>> > >>> > That's not an ok command if you want the stick to be bootable. Try >>> > /dev/sdb. >>> >>> How do I restore the pendrive? Now there's no space left, or permissions >>> are denied. >> >> 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', and, as superuser, > the complain that there's `no space left' on the device.
Ok, it was `sdd', not `sdb'. Now I can boot from the pendrive. The mistake was to do: dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdd1 bs=4M; sync whereas it must be: dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=4M; sync Thanks to all. But now, one more question: after using the pendrive for the installation, how can I restore it as it was before, to use it to store files? Thanks, Rodolfo -- 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/878ugsruk7.fsf...@gmail.com
