On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 22:21:42 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 01:16:41PM -0800, Weaver wrote: > > On 03-03-2021 06:31, Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 14:09:18 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > >> I've one fine machine running i386 flavor of Debian 9.13 . > > >> I've wish to install 64 bit flavor on a second machine. > > >> debian-10.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso was successfully downloaded & saved. > > >> > > >> I've a couple of 8GB flash drives which have served as installation > > >> media in > > >> past. IIRC I could use gparted to wipe them before using dd to copy the > > >> iso > > >> to the entire device. > > > > I use GParted to wipe them. > > On too many occasions I've had the installation complaining about > > writing to `dirty' media, and using GParted beforehand always stops > > that. > > Cheers! > > Hm. dd won't complain. It will overwrite the partition table and the > rest. There's nothing magical about the partition table, it just sits > in the first block(s) of the device. > > Can you remember which program complained and how?
I have never had an occasion (and I've done it often enough) when 'cp ISO /dev/sdX' has failed or issued a warning. It simply gets on with the job of writing to the medium and obliterating the existing contents. -- Brian.
