On Sun 22 Oct 2017 at 19:15:27 -0500, Greg Marks wrote: > In order to install Debian from a bootable USB drive, the procedure is: > format a thumb drive to FAT32, determine the thumb drive location as > /dev/sdX, and run commands of the form > > sudo dd if=debian-9.2.1-amd64-DVD-1.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M > sudo sync > > after downloading the appropriate ISO file from > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/ > > One can usually install Debian using only the first of the > ISO files (in this example, debian-9.2.1-amd64-DVD-2.iso and > debian-9.2.1-amd64-DVD-3.iso are typically unnecessary). But it would > be nice to have these files available for installation, especially on > a machine with a slow Internet connection. Assuming the bootable USB > drive has enough capacity, as most do nowadays (13 GB should suffice), > can the second and third ISO files be saved to the same USB drive? > Does one need to partition the drive and save the extra ISOs to the > partition, and is this done after first running the dd command above? > During installation, will the installer ask one to insert the (supposed) > DVDs with the second and third ISOs at some point; if so, how does one > direct the installer to the ISO images on the USB drive?
https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick -- Brian.
