On Fri 30 Aug 2024 at 20:48:38 (-0700), John Conover wrote: > > What does a "debian ... amd64-netinst.iso" do > with an .iso? > > Can it be coverted to a USB. How?
I plug in a USB stick (which will get completely overwritten), check from the logs what its device name is (/dev/sdX), then, as root, execute: # dd bs=1M if=debian…amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX # sync and wait for the prompt after the sync command. I then remove the stick and reinsert it, so that the next step can't cheat and read some cache. I now execute: # dd bs=1M if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/stdout count=N | sha512sum where N is the number of blocks written by the first command. The output should correspond to what's in the SHA512SUMS file (found in the same directory as the .iso file) if it's a good copy. The critical step is making sure that you write to the correct device, of course. Cheers, David.
