On 2014-07-13, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > On 07/13/2014 02:17 PM, Brian wrote: > >> However, Tom H is right. Blame systemd is the first port of call when >> something doesn't work as expected. I nearly did it myself a day or >> two ago. What do you expect 'cat debian.iso > /dev/sdX' *as a user* >> on Jessie to do when /dev/sdX is the device for a USB stick? > > Exactly the same thing it would do on wheezy, or before. (Whatever that > is; I can't say I've tried this, or read documentation advocating for or > against it.)
I've seen documentation suggesting you can create a bootable usb stick with a simple feline, but it appears this is now restricted permissions-wise in version systemd/204-10 to the root user (or a member of the disk group); the unexpected being, I guess, in this case, one of those authoritative permission denied messages that strikes terror in the hearts us regular users. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnls7622.2b0.cu...@einstein.electron.org