I was burned once by this sort of Foolishness. (Some USB Drives even have "Blinky Lights", to tell when Activity occurs). I do the File Copy, it comes back to a prompt right away. But then, when I say "sync", it shows how slow Access is, to writing to some of these USB Drives.
Never pull out a USB, until you are *SURE* it is safe to do so. That was a good lesson for me! Kenneth Parker On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 7:04 PM, Rick Thomas <rbtho...@pobox.com> wrote: > Hi Kent, > > After doing the cp or dd to write the .iso to the USB, do you do a “sync” > before you eject it? Writing to a USB stick can seem to go quite fast, but > that’s because of buffering. Often it takes quite a while (a minute or > more for a very big write on a machine with plenty of RAM) to clear the > buffers and write thru to permanent media. > > Just a thought, > Rick > > PS: Here’s what I use to write a .iso file to a USB stick: > dd if=/debian-live-9.4.0-amd64-mate.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M conv=fsync > status=progress > sync > eject /dev/sdc > Hope it helps! > > > On May 11, 2018, at 9:34 AM, Robert Menes <viewtiful.icc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Kent, > > > > It's much easier to write the image to the USB stick using the dd > command instead: > > > > # dd if=debian-9.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M > > > > This should give you a working install stick. > > > > --Robert > > > > > > On Fri, May 11, 2018, 12:12 Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > I have a Dell Latitude E7250 laptop. I'm trying to install Debian to it > using a USB stick. > > > > I've tried both of these .ISOs: > > > > debian-9.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso > > debian-buster-DI-alpha2-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso > > > > I used my desktop Debian box to download these via Firefox from > https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > > > > I inserted a USB stick, and ran: > > > > # sudo cp debian-9.4.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso /dev/sdc > > > > as per the instructions at https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb > > > > I then ejected the USB stick from my desktop Debian box, and inserted it > into the laptop, and then booted the laptop to the USB stick. > > > > The graphical install does not seem to recognize the trackpad (which is > recognized in the laptop's EFI firmware settings, so I know it works), but > that's a minor issue, as I can tinker with that later, and just use the > keyboard to install for now. > > > > The real problem is that after going through the first three or four > screens, the install halts, complaining about not being able to read the > CD-ROM. > > > > Googling the issue suggested a couple of possible fixes, but I've had no > success yet. > > > > Any help? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > -- > > Kent West <")))>< > > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com > >
