Re: trying to install testing from usb

On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 7:29 PM Charles Curley <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 27 May 2026 14:03:27 -0700
> Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I followed some recent online instructions to put what I thought was
> > an iso of testing on a stick and inserted the stick into the new
> > laptop.
>

Are you writing the drive with dd from GNU/Linux or are you using a GUI
program on a non-Linux machine.

If you are writing the drive with Linux try:

Use lsblk to locate your thumb drive.

Replace /dev/sXX with your drive for example /dev/sdb.

sudo dd if=./debian-live-13.5.0-amd64-kde.iso of=/dev/sXX bs=4M
status=progress && sync

I always use the KDE Live install image. I recommend it over the Net
Install image. If you have limited bandwidth or have a intermittent
connection then the Net Installer can have problems.

You can download the KDE Live image from:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/debian-live-13.5.0-amd64-kde.iso


> You didn't specify which instructions you followed. I suggest you start
> with the Debian Installation Guide. I will guess that you want AMD64.
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
>
> I don't believe there is a Guide for testing yet. In any case, I doubt
> there are any great differences between testing and stable right now.
>
> >
> > The laptop has Windows 11 with room on the SSD drive for Debian.
>
> See 6.3.7.1. Detecting other operating systems in the Guide.
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s03.en.html#di-make-bootable
>
> >
> > When I restart and select USB I get a grub prompt. I haven't figured
> > a command to do the install from there.
>
> I don't know what that USB stick has on it, but it isn't the Debian
> netinst DVD image.
>
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