On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 11:44:47 +0800 kaye n <guik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Friends, > > I don't know if my flash drives are corrupted or not, but I haven't > been successful creating live USB using the following commands:
I am guessing you are using these instructions: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb > > cp <file> <device> > > dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync Give us *exactly* the commands you are using and we might be able to help. > > The flash drive contains the iso file along with many > other files that seem to be corrupted - no file name, just weird > icons. Something is wrong there, but without the *exact* command you are using, it's hard to tell. It is possible the USB drive is going bad. A run with badblocks may be indicated. > > Are my flash drives corrupted? Should I try the following commands? > > sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx > sudo mkfs.msdos -f 32 /dev/sdxx The first one is unnecessary. If the plan is to get an ISO image onto the device, then the second is also unnecessary. In both cases, the result will be over-written by the next command. > > And if that is done, do I again try: > dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
