On Jo, 17 ian 13, 10:45:43, Brian wrote: > > Please see #660776. The changelog has: > > > * Use dd of= instead of cat >, to save users who use sudo. Advise to make > > sure the stick is unmounted. Closes: #660776.
Did you read the full bug log? The issue is that redirecting with sudo is not as easy as it seems[1]. The 'cat >' command works just fine for my user (member of 'floppy') on sid (yes, I just tested it). AFAIK the first user created on a Debian install is always a member of 'floppy'. However, the Installation Manual can not assume a Debian environment, so the simplest command that should work on most GNU/Linux distributions (and possibly some other *nixes) is: # cp image.iso /dev/sdX (where it doesn't matter if you use sudo or not to get the necessary permissions). BTW, this works also for regular hard drives which are owned by root:disk. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/82256/how-do-i-use-sudo-to-redirect-output-to-a-location-i-dont-have-permission-to-wr > and > > > * Simply use cp instead of dd to prepare USB stick. Sure, because in it's default invocation is simpler and faster than the default 'dd' invocation. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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