On 31/07/2021 14.37, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 2021-07-23 7:23 p.m., mcgarrett wrote:
Why doesn't this work:
dd bs=4M if=/home/doug/Downloads/Win10_21H1_English_x64 of=/dev/sda
Here is the downloaded file in /home/doug/Downloads:
-rw-r--r-- 1 doug users 5824122880 Jul 22 22:20 Win10_21H1_English_x64.iso
Here is the fail message:
dd: failed to open '/home/doug/Downloads/Win10_21H1_English_x64': No such file or directory
All else being equal, I'd trace the actual operation of system calls using "STRACE(1)" but 9a) that may no be available to you yet, and (b) what enlightenment it gives may not be useful or intelligible to you. nevertheless, its a start at looking "under the hood".
You are late to the game :-P He simply forgot to write the .iso extension on the dd command. The command is telling the stark truth: file '/home/doug/Downloads/Win10_21H1_English_x64' truly does not exist. -- Saludos/Cheers Carlos E. R.