Hello Richard On 02/26/2013 05:22 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > I have two problems to address: > > I. Creating media in a Windows(tm) *ONLY* environment. [...] > Is there a native Windows method to accomplish the same thing as [...] > # dd if=debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX [...]
There actually does exist a dd for windows. You may download this zip-file http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.6beta3.zip extract the including dd.exe to any location (preferably somewhere in the command search-path) and should be able to just use it (no installation needed) in a command window. For "of=..." you have to use the drive-letter of the USB stick (e.g. "of=f:"). > II. It would be convenient to have a Live Distro reside on a USB stick > but have "persistence" and "swap" reside on a local harddrive. I would > want the USB stick to wander between machines and possibly transport > data files. Is this feasible? Sorry I am not able to help you with this. Greetings Hermann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
