On 18.07.17 08:46, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Afaik, unetbootin unpacks the ISO and replaces the boot loader software. > Debian discourages its use with live and installation ISOs. > > The Debian ISOs for i386 are ready to be simply copied onto the device > file of the overall USB stick (i.e. to /dev/sdX not to /dev/sdX1).
Ah, they're what's described as a .img on other sites, then. I chose unetbootin in lieu of a dd copy, based on the .iso suffix. > After ensuring that /dev/sdd really is the device address of the USB > stick, you just do > > dd if=debian-live-9.0.1-i386-lxde.iso bs=4M of=/dev/sdd ; sync > > See > https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb The dd copied the image fine, the Udoo X86 booted on it, and I began the install. Sadly, it barfed at the same stage - after setting geographic location and keyboard, the debian 9 install process threw up a "Detect and mount CD-ROM" screen, insisting on a CD with suitable install content. It seemed quite unaware that it is installing from USB. Performing a "continue" and a "skip" returns to the "Debian installer main menu", with the cursor on "Detect and mount CD-ROM". The dufus thing is still obsessing about CDs, despite the web page promising that it can do a USB install. Are we just up against false advertising? The USB holds ten times what a CD can, so there's no rational reason for last-century media to be involved. I'll wrassle ten years of cabling pile-up on the back half of the desk, move the Udoo to the near end of the coffee table, and string an ethernet cable over. Maybe a net install will work. Erik
