On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 11:53:26PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > 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.
My recommendation is to add "oflag=sync status=progress" to that "dd" command above. Having bothched some sticks with the above method (that "sync" can take a *long* time with big images). The "oflag=sync" takes care of syncing each block before proceeding. The "status=progress" is more of a psychological thing, giving you an idea of how much has been done without having to kill -USR1 the dd process. Since my botching has quite probably been pilot error most of the time, psychological factors might count... Cheers -- t
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