Hi, kAt wrote: > dd if=/media/------/image.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M; sync > the image works but the format of the drive seems false
The dd option "bs=" has no influence on the block size or other drive properties as perceived by a partition editor. > gparted when starting says that linux thinks it is a 256k block and not > the 4m it indicates. Normally a USB stick has a block size of 512 bytes. Are you sure you use the term "block" in the appropriate way ? > It shows on an 8G drive an empty space of 28G Very syspicious. Which Debian ISO exactly do you use ? What exactly does it report ? What do these two commands report: /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdb echo 2 | /sbin/gdisk -l /dev/sdb > As Gparted tried to claim and format > this space as a 6.7G which seemed right it crashed. Even more suspicious. > Any advise would greatly be appreciated The GPT in Debian ISOs is of few use. I would erase its header block by: dd if=/dev/zero bs=512 seek=1 count=1 of=/dev/sdb and then try again with a partition editor. Have a nice day :) Thomas
