On 9 May 2018 at 15:47, dep <dep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 6:23 PM, Robert Peters <robertpeters9@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hello, Has anyone installed Debian 9 from USB? I try to install to a ~480GB > SDD that is in a carrier connected to a USB port. When trying to write > partition changes to disk, the installer stops and complains that the root > partition is offset by some multiple of 512 bytes. I try without success to > find a way to set the SSD's physical and logical volume both sizes to 4096 > bytes. Maybe the carrier's connection circuitry affects the perceived volume > size? Maybe the SDD has to be internal and directly connected to the laptop? > Thanks for any help. > > might you use something like gparted to handle the partitioning and then do > the install? or simply linux fdisk? Tried both, also cfdisk, checked the man pages - there seems to be no command to set both volume sizes. BTW, I tried "force UEFI mode" and "do not force". For each, I tried manual and guided partitioning. In every case there is an offset error :-( --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
