On Mon, 2023-11-20 at 11:21 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> (and oh, it hasn't been mentioned: make super-sure some smart and
> overly helpful automounter has got hold of the USB).
That's a good point. I tend to use an Ubuntu live image to do things
like cloning my main disk, and I've wasted quit
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 11:27:45AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
[...]
> to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> > all blocks of the block device get overwritten,
>
> Not all. Only as far as the new image reaches. That's how the GPT backup
> can survive (xorriso-dd-target would explicitely overwrite the
Hi,
Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > > all of the grub menu options (Graphical
> > > install, Graphical expert install, Expert install, etc) give 2 errors:
> > > 1) "..invalid buffer alignment... " with some long number beginning with
> > > minus.
> > > 2) kernel fail to load error, presumably due to er
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 11:17:15AM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> For reference, what I do is
>
> sudo dd if=image.file of=/dev/sdX bs=1M oflag=sync status=progress
(and oh, it hasn't been mentioned: make super-sure some smart and
overly helpful automounter has got hold of the USB).
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 09:13:01PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Monday, November 20, 2023, wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:59:02AM +, Tom Furie wrote:
> >> Zenaan Harkness writes:
> >>
> >> > Attempting a fresh Debian stable install with
> >> > debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso (lat
On Monday, November 20, 2023, wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:59:02AM +, Tom Furie wrote:
>> Zenaan Harkness writes:
>>
>> > Attempting a fresh Debian stable install with
>> > debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso (latest default amd64 boot image), `cp
>> > deiban-...iso /dev/sdX; sync`, and re
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:59:02AM +, Tom Furie wrote:
> Zenaan Harkness writes:
>
> > Attempting a fresh Debian stable install with
> > debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso (latest default amd64 boot image), `cp
> > deiban-...iso /dev/sdX; sync`, and rebooted to the usb stick with the
>
> You ca
Zenaan Harkness writes:
> Attempting a fresh Debian stable install with
> debian-12.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso (latest default amd64 boot image), `cp
> deiban-...iso /dev/sdX; sync`, and rebooted to the usb stick with the
You can't just copy the iso to the stick and get it to boot. This stick
must ha
In case it's useful, my laptop is currently running Ubuntu - I'm
wondering if it's possible to do some sort of chroot from Ubuntu into
the USB stick, so that I can format the laptop's SSD and begin the
install process that way? Surely that has been thought of before?
(That said, I ought ensure I c
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