On Wed 01 Feb 2017 at 16:06:59 +0000, David Griffith wrote: > On Wed, 1 Feb 2017, solitone wrote: > > >Why don't you follow what explained here: > >https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en > > > >It's a simple two command procedure: > > > ># cp debian.iso /dev/sdX > ># sync > > I don't follow it because I want to be able to include a preseed file and > assorted non-free firmware packages. I also want to include assorted other > things that I like to put on a fresh machine.
The USB stick will have spare space for files on another partition. Your objection is spurious and a non-starter. > >As specified, this should work fine for most users. The other options are > >more complex, mainly for people with specialised needs. > > > >Please notice that the image must be written to the whole-disk device and > >not a partition, e.g. /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1. This is also pointed out > >in the liked web page. > > I followed those instruction and got the same results. I installed Wheezy on > a spare machine. There I was able to create a writable flash drive > installer that installs Jessie. You used 'cp debian.iso /dev/sdX' and it didn't work? Is that what you mean by "same results"? -- Brian.
