Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 16:13:28 +, Chris Davies wrote: > Brian wrote: > > This technique should not be required to be used ; the stick with the > > dd'ed image should boot directly. Does it not? > > According to the OP it does, but it's irrelevant to the question that > they asked. Sometimes

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-21 Thread Chris Davies
Brian wrote: > This technique should not be required to be used ; the stick with the > dd'ed image should boot directly. Does it not? According to the OP it does, but it's irrelevant to the question that they asked. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 Dec 2013 at 21:11:00 +, Brian Candler wrote: > On 20/12/2013 16:38, Brian Candler wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian > >installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, > >more ISO images etc). > > > I've got it to w

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 Dec 2013 at 19:57:41 +, Brian Candler wrote: > WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on > 'debian-7.3.0-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso'! The util fdisk doesn't support > GPT. Use GNU Parted. > > > Disk debian-7.3.0-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso: 677 MB, 677380096 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/tr

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Candler
On 20/12/2013 16:38, Brian Candler wrote: Hello, I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, more ISO images etc). I've got it to work, but it could have been easier :-) I started by following the instructi

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Candler
On 20/12/2013 18:37, Brian wrote: On Fri 20 Dec 2013 at 16:38:14 +, Brian Candler wrote: I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, more ISO images etc). I've dd'd an ISO image to a stick, which is fine. N

Re: Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 Dec 2013 at 16:38:14 +, Brian Candler wrote: > I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian > installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, > more ISO images etc). > > I've dd'd an ISO image to a stick, which is fine. Now, reading the manual at

Using the spare space on a bootable USB

2013-12-20 Thread Brian Candler
Hello, I have some 8GB USB keys and I wish to put a bootable Debian installer image AND a bunch of other files (documents, Virtualbox, more ISO images etc). I've dd'd an ISO image to a stick, which is fine. Now, reading the manual at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en