On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 17:51:29 -0600, Joseph wrote:

> >> > It definitely works here, and fdisk shows it to be a hybrid image.
> >> > You are writing it to the USB device itself and not a partition on
> >> > it?  

You didn't answer this.

> >Yes, you MUST run sync after dd. When I tested the minimal install
> >image just now, dd returned after less than two seconds. sync took a
> >little longer...

> Yes, I did use "sync" after "dd" makes no difference.

Have you tried this with more than one drive, to rule out hardware
problems?


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