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can't transfer files from cd, usb live installation error

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Dramegno
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can't transfer files from cd, usb live installation error

#1 Post by Dramegno »

hello I am trying to install Debian over Kali since in order to use steam, newest version of wine and a few other things causes a change reaction that would require about two-thirds of my main os re-written with non kali files which makes me a little uneasy.

I have downloaded the debian-live-7.8.0-i386-gnome-desktop.iso from torrent from the link from debian download listings at debian.org.
and I put it on a 8gb flash drive formated with gparted to a bootable fat32 partition and is listed as being /dev/sdc
I installed the iso to the drive uss dd using the following code

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sudo dd if=debian-live-7.8.0-i386-gnome-desktop.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M; sync
now it boots to the flash drive just fine with only the gnome3 drivers loaded by the live os isn't fully functional with my system. Ie. when I log into any of the live modes it gives me a message that it was switched to gnome3 [fallback] I am using the current version of gnome3 desktop manager installed from source on kali with out any trouble.
also when I click the graphical installer or the installer modes from the grub i get a background image with some sort of artifiacts in the top inchish of the screen then everything but the mouse freezes.
But when I go into one of the live modes and click the installer in their it opens just fine but when it starts transfering files it says that it couldn't transfer files from the cd after all the language and localization screens at the beginning.


I did find a misc page on the internet involving a cruchbang with the same problem http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=19316
I went to the folder in the usb drive in question and it looks like since that was origianally post something has changed or it could have been a crunchbang format.

So basiclly I am asking did I do a step wrong should I try a different way of instillation, or do I have a currupted image? also I am unable to use disk media due to the type of drives and disks I have access to.

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Re: can't transfer files from cd, usb live installation erro

#2 Post by kiyop »

To verify, read https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/index.en.html#verify
I think that md5sum or sha1sums is enough.

To install debian, non-live installers are enough. You can download them at https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ (torrent)
or https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/ ... installer/
netinst CD image is enough for installing debian using network.
CD-1 is enough to start installation.
You can use netinst installer with unofficial firmware files. For 7.8.0, http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unoff ... are/7.8.0/
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Dramegno
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Re: can't transfer files from cd, usb live installation erro

#3 Post by Dramegno »

okay sorry for the late reply I checked the md5sums and it was b6219d73a71213df1aa952dea13b0c9a which according to http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/cur ... id/MD5SUMS matches the correct iso. I will try the none network link solution so it will take a few hours for me do download the file, I am still open for help with the iso that I currently have though... I will update here when I have something to report. Dramegno OUT.

[edit: after starting the three dvd iso torrents it should be done downloading by tuesday.]

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Re: can't transfer files from cd, usb live installation erro

#4 Post by divbyzero »

if i remember correctly, last time i tried a live install from usb it failed too - the live image is meant for use from physical cd
as kiyop suggested, the fastest way to do your install is using the netinstall image (<200MB)

Dramegno
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Re: can't transfer files from cd, usb live installation erro

#5 Post by Dramegno »

i got the iso working that i had. i installed it via the cp method instead of the dd method i origally used and it got passed the cd issue but all other problems was still their. curremtly installing updates.

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