On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 15:05:06 -0600 Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 10:58:58 -0600 Kent West <we...@acu.edu> wrote: > > > > > I wanted to create a Live Debian USB stick (using an existing > > > Debian system). I remember doing such a few years ago with > > > "unetbootin", but when I looked for "unetbootin" via aptitude > > > search, I couldn't find it, so I did a quick "unetbootin debian" > > > search, and found a Debian bug report from 2015 > > > (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775689) that > > > led me to believe I should not use unetbootin, but to use the > > > newer method of simply dd'ing the .ISO to the USB drive. > > > > > > So I went to > > > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ > > > and downloaded the AMD64 Cinnamon version of 9.2.0, and then > > > inserted my USB stick, found it on /dev/sdc, and ran the command: > > > > > > sudo if=debian-live-9.2.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso > > > > I'd give the complete path to the downloaded ISO. dd's pretty > > stupid. > > > > > <https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/ > > iso-hybrid/debian-live-9.2.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso> > > > > Remove this. > > > > That's just an artifact of my copy/paste into GMail; the actual > command did not include the web address. > > [snip]
I figured something was amiss. Also, in your original post there was no dd command to go with the if= and of=. I assumed something similar. Always proof read. B
