Re: Booting Debian arm64 ISO on Pi 4B
Pete Batard <[email protected]> Wed, 6 May 2026 14:31:14 +0100
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The following guide, on how to install *vanilla* Debian to the Raspberry Pi 4B hopefully still applies: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=282839 Regards, /Pete On 2026.05.05 17:50, John Boxall wrote: > As a newbie to Debian on the Raspberry Pi, I tried booting the latest > Debian arm64 netinst ISO without success. I used "dd" to copy the ISO > image to a USB stick (nothing else on the stick), but when I tried to > boot I get an error that the 2K block size is not supported by the RPi > boot firmware and the boot fails. > > Booting by USB is one of the available boot options. > > Is there more preparation that needs to be done to the USB stick?