On 2015-11-25, rlhar...@oplink.net <rlhar...@oplink.net> wrote: > On Tue, November 24, 2015 11:28 pm, David Christensen wrote: >> On 11/24/2015 09:16 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > ... >> I discovered the install-Debain-to-USB trick a couple of years ago, when >> I was using Wheezy. I am only just starting to migrate to Jessie, and >> expect that it works too. > > Yes; the CD images routinely are designed for USB booting. Just use dd to > copy the image to the USB device. I do not recall where I saw the > recommendation for the blocksize parameter, but this is what I use: > > # dd if=<isoimagename>.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=8M >
The above command copies the installer or live iso to a USB stick. David is talking about using the USB as an installation target. -- Liam
