On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 5:20 PM john doe <johndoe65...@mail.com> wrote:

> On 8/31/24 05:48, John Conover wrote:
> >
> > What does a "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso" do
> > with an .iso?


 A .iso file is a disk image file stored it ISO 9660 file format. An iso is
essentially and image of a CD or DVD. You can burn the iso to a disk very
easily or write it to a USB drive.

You have enough data in the iso file to start a Debian installation,
> most of the PKGs will be fetched from the internet.
>
> > Can it be coverted to a USB. How?
> >
>

You can write the iso to a USB drive using the dd command. Optionally you
can use https://etcher.balena.io/ which provides a simple GUI front end.


>
> cp <ISOFILE> <NAME-OF-USB-DEVICE>.
>
> --
> John Doe
>
>

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