Brian writes:
> On Thu 09 May 2013 at 12:02:07 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> Brian writes:
>>
>> > All the Debian ISOs are isohybrids, so
>> >
>> >cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX
>> >
>> > and you are on your way to a no fuss installation. A simple one line
>> > easily remembered command. Could
On Mi, 08 mai 13, 22:28:30, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> dd if=[iso name] of=/dev/sdb obs=4M
Plain cp matches the speed of dd with block size tweaks:
cp [iso name] [device name]
Kind regards,
Andrei
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On Thu 09 May 2013 at 12:02:07 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > All the Debian ISOs are isohybrids, so
> >
> >cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX
> >
> > and you are on your way to a no fuss installation. A simple one line
> > easily remembered command. Couldn't be easier.
>
> I could
> Thank you, yes I saw it. I'm a litte surprised that is what you are
> calling easier than it sound :)
Well, I tried to accommodate different use cases, so I would only have
to post it once. By far the most of it is just the explanation what you
are doing and why.
Try to understand it and learn
On Thu 09 May 2013 at 13:44:33 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote:
> Brian wrote:
>
> > [...] I do not consider loopback mode (the
> > subject of the mail I replied to) to offer any advantage over this
> > method or the one described above.
>
> Well, I see a number of advantages, of course those may not
On Thu 09 May 2013 at 12:02:07 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Brian writes:
>
> > All the Debian ISOs are isohybrids, so
> >
> >cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX
> >
> > and you are on your way to a no fuss installation. A simple one line
> > easily remembered command. Couldn't be easier.
> I could
Brian writes:
> All the Debian ISOs are isohybrids, so
>
>cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX
>
> and you are on your way to a no fuss installation. A simple one line
> easily remembered command. Couldn't be easier.
I could be easier... especially if you explain a little more about
what you mean above
Julian Rüger writes:
> Hi Harry,
>
>> Thank you for the input and your offer:
>> Yes I am interested, and please do.
>
> you may have seen my post in the other thread, I think I CC-ed you:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/05/msg00443.html
Thank you, yes I saw it. I'm a litte surpris
Hi Harry,
> Thank you for the input and your offer:
> Yes I am interested, and please do.
you may have seen my post in the other thread, I think I CC-ed you:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2013/05/msg00443.html
Brian wrote:
> [...] I do not consider loopback mode (the
> subject of the ma
Brian writes:
> On Wed 08 May 2013 at 19:59:02 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote:
>
>> Hi Harry, Brian and others,
>
> Hello Julian,
>
>> > It is far less convenient than booting from an isohybrid and only works
>> > with a netinst ISO if the user is prepared to jump through a number of
>> > small diam
Julian Rüger writes:
> Harry: If you are interested, I could give you a little step-by-step
> howto.
Thank you for the input and your offer:
Yes I am interested, and please do.
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On Wed 08 May 2013 at 19:59:02 +0200, Julian Rüger wrote:
> Hi Harry, Brian and others,
Hello Julian,
> > It is far less convenient than booting from an isohybrid and only works
> > with a netinst ISO if the user is prepared to jump through a number of
> > small diameter hoops and coerce d-i in
On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 09:40:03PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a
> disc. Google turns up actual piles of reports and instructions for
> doeing that, but as I plow thru I'm finding they all (so far) seem to
> expect the user is instal
Hi Harry, Brian and others,
> It is far less convenient than booting from an isohybrid and only works
> with a netinst ISO if the user is prepared to jump through a number of
> small diameter hoops and coerce d-i into co-operating.
actually, it is way easier than you make it sound ;)
Also, it wor
On Wed 08 May 2013 at 03:50:44 +, T o n g wrote:
> On Tue, 07 May 2013 21:40:03 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> > I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a disc.
>
> If you are using the commonly used GRUB2, then consider yourself lucky:
>
> Boot an ISO via Grub2
> ht
On Tue, 07 May 2013 19:50:52 -0700, David Christensen
wrote:
Hi Harry, hi David,
> On 05/07/13 18:40, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a
>> disc.
>
> If your machine can boot from a USB flash drive, you can write your
> Debian CD image to a
On Tue, 07 May 2013 21:40:03 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a disc.
If you are using the commonly used GRUB2, then consider yourself lucky:
Boot an ISO via Grub2
http://michael-prokop.at/blog/2009/05/25/boot-an-iso-via-grub2/
loopbac
On 05/07/13 18:40, Harry Putnam wrote:
I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a
disc.
If your machine can boot from a USB flash drive, you can write your
Debian CD image to a USB flash drive, boot the USB flash drive, and
install Debian:
http://www.debian.org/releas
On 05/07/2013 09:40 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a
disc. Google turns up actual piles of reports and instructions for
doeing that, but as I plow thru I'm finding they all (so far) seem to
expect the user is installing debian on a windows
I'd like to try installing debian from an iso file but not burn a
disc. Google turns up actual piles of reports and instructions for
doeing that, but as I plow thru I'm finding they all (so far) seem to
expect the user is installing debian on a windows machine.
I'm already running a linux machine
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