On 09/20/2024 12:56 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
On 20/9/24 22:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
Having machines with different constraints I have downloaded DVD1 and
Netinst ISO's. I have flash drives with obsolete ISO's. For reference
I have [ https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb ] available.
Questions:
1. Do the flash drives require any prep?
[ Gparted gives warning messages on both. ]
2. I've casually followed recent discussion on appropriate dd options.
What was the conclusion?
What was the subject line {i have local copies}?
3. Not having done a "from scratch" install recently, is there something
I haven't thought to ask?
TIA
Have you considered setting up and maintaining a Ventoy Drive?
I found it quite simple to set up and use, and, it can contain various
bootable OS's.
See
https://www.theregister.com/2021/12/10/friday_foss_fest/
and
https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
I have a Ventoy drive with various BSD and Linux distributions ISO's,
and, an MS Windows 10 ISO.
I hadn't heard of it. I doubt I'll use it for installations.
However, I have some diagnostics and utilities available as ISOs that it
might be convenient to have on a single device.
