On Monday 04 September 2017 11:57:19 Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 9/4/17, Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Luis Speciale wrote: > >> sudo cp firmware-9.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso /dev/disk1 > > > > You copy to the device file, not to the mount directory. At least on > > GNU/Linux this is like "dd". On MacOS it might differ but it will > > not put the ISO as file into the FAT32 fileystem and not unpack the > > ISO into the FAT32 filesystem. > > > > I expect that now your self-made FAT32 is gone from the USB stick, > > because the partition table was overwritten by the ISO. > > Nevertheless, there is again a FAT filesystem, which contains > > initial EFI boot equipment of the ISO. > > I'm understanding what you're saying, but then again I might not be > understanding. Are you saying that it looks like he copied straight to > the device instead of to a mount point? That's what I'm understanding > your words to be saying. > This s/b correct, the iso is an image, complete with filesystem, designed to be written to the device starting at LSN0. IOW, it obliterates whatever may have been there before.
> I regularly mount partitions to do debootstrap installs so I do > understand that method. That's how I am a-suming this should be done, > too. > > All the times I've done that correctly, I have still.... wasted a > ridiculous amount of time... repeatedly... tracking down the... device > name to use when that's not what we use. *smacking my head (in > hindsight)* > > That's an important point that I now wonder how often gets missed > versus caught when people are having problems installing to other > media. I know it never crosses my mind to consciously check off that > specific detail when people are writing about their problems. :) > > That's also why people trying to help want to know the *exact* steps a > user took to try to do something. The person helping is not being > nosey. Seeing exact details might just help them catch a whoops such > as that device name standing in place of a mount point. > > Cindy :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
