<BACKGROUND>
Yesterday I had attempted to use netinst {on USB flash} to do an
atypical install to another USB device. It failed due to at least an
invalid /boot/grub/grub.cfg on the target device. I suspect I know what
is happening, but need to retrace my steps to document how to reproduce
the problem.
<Current>
I downloaded a fresh copy of debian-9.1.0-i386-netinst.iso .
As root I then did:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=2048 count=1 seek=16 of=/dev/sdb
Created a msdos partition table using Gparted
dd if=/home/richard/Downloads/debian-9.1.0-i386-netinst.iso
of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
parted /dev/sdb print
RESULTING IN FOLLOWING
Warning: The driver descriptor says the physical block size is 2048
bytes, but Linux says it is 512 bytes.
Ignore/Cancel? i
Model: Verbatim STORE N GO (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 31.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 2048B/512B
Partition Table: mac
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2048B 6143B 4096B Apple
2 1942kB 2253kB 311kB EFI
<Question>
Should have I expected this result?
TIA
