Re: [solved] Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 16:51:20 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > But now, one more question: after using the pendrive for the installation, how > can I restore it as it was before, to use it to store files? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX count=1 Then partition and put filesystems on the partitions

[solved] Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > Brian writes: > >> On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:41:05 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >>> Brian writes: >>> >>> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >>> > >>> >> Brian writes: >>> >> >>> >> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina w

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 16:12:52 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > No restoring is needed. > > > >dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M; sync > > > > will obliterate the drive's contents. > > > > Note it is /dev/sdX, not /dev/sdXN. Writing to partition number N

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:41:05 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > >> >> Brian writes: >> >> >> >> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> From: >> >> >>

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread mrr
On 24/01/2015 16:10, Brian wrote: On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:26:19 +0100, mrr wrote: On 24/01/2015 13:30, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi all. From: http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a pendrive with: $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:41:05 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> Brian writes: > >> > >> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> > > >> >> From: > >> >> > >> >> http://www.us.debi

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Brian writes: >> >> > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> > >> >> From: >> >> >> >> http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ >> >> >> >> I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:18:28 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Brian writes: > > > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > > >> From: > >> > >> http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > >> > >> I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a > >> p

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Brian writes: > On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> From: >> >> http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ >> >> I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a >> pendrive with: >> >> $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sy

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 15:26:19 +0100, mrr wrote: > On 24/01/2015 13:30, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >Hi all. > > > >From: > > > > http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > > >I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a > >pendrive with: > > > > $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-n

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread mrr
On 24/01/2015 13:30, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi all. From: http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a pendrive with: $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync If you create a /dev/sdc1 partition a launc

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Siard
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > From: > > http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it > onto a pendrive with: > > $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync > > , but then can't boot from it even though the BIOS is - ap

Re: Can't boot from pendrive

2015-01-24 Thread Brian
On Sat 24 Jan 2015 at 12:26:02 +, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > From: > > http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/ > > I downloaded the file debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso and copied it onto a > pendrive with: > > $ dd if=debian-7.8.0-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync That's an ok command.