[plug] help needed

[Euan]

cp ...?

Surely you want to use dd.

cp would assume the device is already formatted and mounted, and will just copy the iso to a file on the usb stick.

Regards,

Euan

On 28 September 2015 1:08:50 AM AWST, David Godfrey <info at sbts.com.au> wrote:
>Regarding installing from USB....
>These days if you are setting up a USB stick to install debian from and
>
>you have a linux system available to do the task all that is needed is
>to
>/    cp debian.iso /dev/sdXX/
>so if your USB stick is coming up as /dev/sdb just run
>/    cp debian.iso /dev/sdb/
>
>I can't remember the recommended windows tool, but the debian 
>installation guide will point you in the right direction.
>You no longer need to use special tools that manipulate ISO's to
>install 
>from USB.
>All debian, and most derivatives use hybrid ISO's that can be booted 
>from cd/dvd/usb/hdd directly.
>
>Regards
>David G
>
>On 28/09/15 00:43, Oliver Hills wrote:
>> Debian is easy to install just head to their website and download the
>
>> right iso, for installing from usb you can google a load of usb iso 
>> installers depending on what OS your starting with I used lili today 
>> from a Windows box to osx and it worked fine.
>>
>> On the topic of WordPress go for it but be prepared to harden your 
>> server, I run a commercial cpanel /whm server and you would be amazed
>
>> at the amount of attacks I see per hour.  Secure ssh to key only and 
>> go from there maybe learn csf and read it's documentation properly
>first.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Jon Miller <jonl711 at hotmail.com>
>> Date: 27/09/2015 22:57 (GMT+08:00)
>> To: plug at plug.org.au
>> Subject: [plug] help needed
>>
>> I'm looking to install Debian on a web server and would like to get
>the
>> groups option.
>> As I have always used SuSE Enterprise Linux as my servers for
>everything,
>> changing to Debian is a choice I decided to make due to support
>issues.
>> My question is I want to install Debian from either a DVD or USB, can
>
>> I get
>> a link to download the files I would imagine an iso would do the
>trick.
>> The web server I'm planning to install is run on Debian will be
>WordPress.
>> Is there anyone that is against this and if so why?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jon
>>
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