• macniel@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    Op was just using cp to copy the iso onto the drive no flashing or anything…

        • Melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          6 months ago

          This works because block devices like /dev/sdX are just files. If you cp a file onto another file, it overwrites the data of the destination with the source. A block device represents the device itself, not the filesystem; if you wanted to put the ISO inside the filesystem, you’d have to mount it first.

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            6 months ago

            Next time I’ll test out another distro I’ll try just that… Sadly I just hopped yesterday from Fedora 40 to LMDE.