Hmmm, you might have to use isohybrid (in the syslinux package) to make the ISO bootable when dd'ed to a USB key. See http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/iso2usb.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:16 AM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 04:35:47PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 04:30:39PM -0500, william moss wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > > > On 02/23/2015 04:24 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > I have a three-or-four year-old laptop on which I am replacingg the > hard drive. It > > > > seems to be old enough not to have proper virtualisatoin hardware. > It currently > > > > dual-boots Debian testing, and, once in a blue moon, Windows XP. > > > > > > > > (So far the main problems I have had is to copy Windows' three > partitions -- the one > > > > that runs, the so-called restore partition, and the EFI partition. > I'm hoping that > > > > grub will find a way to make the running partition bootable. I > managed to get > > > > clonezilla to copy the three partitions (even though the EFI > partition seemed to > > > > violate what I know of the EFI specs in that it didn't have a FAT > 12, 16, or 32 > > > > filesystem. Maybe grub will be able to figure out how to boot what > needs booting.) > > > > Oh yes, Despite the EFI partition it is still a BIOS machine. Go > figure. > > > > > > > > > > But maybe this is the ideal time to try the iso on the new drive and > try it on real > > > > hardware instead of a virtual machine. If things were to go > > > > massively wrong, I could always put the old disk back in. > > > > > > > > Except I need instructions just how to do this. It does not have a > CD or DVD drive, > > > > but will boot from USB stick. > > > > > > > > How do I go about putting the installation .iso onto a USB stick so > it will boot? > > > > Debian should be good enough to accomplish that, riight? > > > > > > > > Or is there another installation method it might be more useful to > test? > > > > > > > > -- hendrik > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Dng mailing list > > > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > > > > > If you insist, there is an application to do this in Linux (one for > > > windows also, do not remember the name): > > > unetbootin > > > > > > or > > > > > > dd if=Fully-qualified-path-to-the-image of=Raw-USB-Device > > > > > > for example > > > dd if=/home/daffyduck/download/devian.iso of=/dev/sde > > Did that. > > Wouldn't boot. > > Booting with the USB stick plugged in, pressed ESC to get a boot menu, > the USB stick appeared as one of the devices I could boot from, but > when booting, just got a blank screen with a blinking cursor. > > The same as when I tried booting from my new hard drive, on which no > boot sector has ever been written. > > Tried seeing if there was anything on the stick (after booting > from my old hard drive, which still has Debian on it. It told > me: > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# fdisk /dev/sdb > > Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.25.2). > Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. > Be careful before using the write command. > > /dev/sdb: device contains a valid 'iso9660' signature, it's strongly > recommended to wipe the device by command wipefs(8) if this setup is > unexpected to avoid possible collisions. > > Device does not contain a recognized partition table. > Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xfcf3453e. > > Command (m for help): q > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# > > so evidently the dd succeeded in putting something on the disk. > > Had my son (on an Ubuntu system) use his graphical disk > contents display and it told him is was a CDROM, and the file system on > it appeared to contain a Debian system. > > Oh, yes. He tried to boot his machine, which is one of the thinkpad > models that's guaranteed to run Linux, from the USB stick. It wouldn't > boot either. > > Looks as if there's something else that needs to be done than just dd. > > -- hendrik > > > > > > > use blkid to get the USB device. > > > > Ah! That easy! I just need to copy the iso file as is to the USB stick > and that's > > enough to make it boot? There's nothing special about it being a USB > stick or a CD? > > > > marvellous! > > > > -- hendrik > > _______________________________________________ > > Dng mailing list > > Dng@lists.dyne.org > > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng >
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