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trying to test debian

Hi :

I'm running ubuntu 17.10 on my PC.

However I would like to try Debian.For that purpose I grabbed the live debian file from here:https://www.debian.org/CD/live/

My problem is that when I try to write the file to a pen drive using the ubuntu disk creator it doesn't recognize the file (debian-live-9.3.0-amd64-cinnamon.iso).

What am I doing wrong ??

I've never used Ubuntu Disk Creator, but I've never had a problem when using cp or dd to get Debian onto a flash drive -- see: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb.

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Originally Posted by m.a.l.'s pa (Post 5824429)

I've never used Ubuntu Disk Creator, but I've never had a problem when using cp or dd to get Debian onto a flash drive -- see: https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb.

Ok I tried this method but no sucess so far.

The ISO file is at: home/hilario/downloads

So the command I have to enter is : cp/home/hilario/downloads/

could you please give me the right command ??

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Originally Posted by hilfer (Post 5824483)

Ok I tried this method but no sucess so far.

The ISO file is at: home/hilario/downloads

So the command I have to enter is : cp/home/hilario/downloads/

could you please give me the right command ??

I would go with the dd form of it. However note that you can get into a lot of danger if you enter things incorrectly:

Code:

$ sudo dd if=<source-file> of=<target-path>

<source-file> would likely be /home/hilario/downloads/<filename>.iso
<target-path> would be the USB device name. As an example, if you insert the USB device and it detects is as /dev/sdb, then you use /dev/sdb.
Warnings are that you do have to use sudo, which gives you root privileges, therefore there are no take-backs if there are errors
If you mistype the /dev/sdb, such as it is not really that disk, and your system disk happens to be at /dev/sdb you will destroy your system disk, so be cautious, there are no confirmations y/n for this command.

EDIT: In my original, I forgot to have the if= and of= terms. Those are needed. Sorry for the omission.

First of all, make sure the flash drive is unmounted. I'll show you an example of what I've used, but you'll need to edit according to your own situation.

First, I cd into the Downloads directory:

Code:

cd Downloads/

Then:

Code:

sudo cp debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso /dev/sdb

I hope that helps. You need root access. I wrote down in my notes that it took 11 minutes for that to copy over, but that was the netinstall iso. YMMV.

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Originally Posted by rtmistler (Post 5824485)

I would go with the dd form of it.

Yeah, I like using dd as well. I've been going with cp lately simply because it's mentioned first there in the Debian documentation. I don't know if one is any better than the other, but either way works fine for me. To the OP, definitely take note of what "rtmistler" posted. I like to take a look at the output of the lsblk command to make sure of the device name. Most likely it's /dev/sdb.

Ok I didi it with Cp command.

Thank you all