• in 2025-07 DEBIAN 13 IS STILL “TESTING” (BETA)! USER HAS BEEN WARNED! 😀 (written on Debian 13)
    • getting OS to work should be straight forward, simple, easy
    • it (usually) is straight forward with Debian too
    • in theory and also in practice, once Debian is installed on a machine (vm) then 1:1 copying the harddisk (booting target with Debian live iso usb stick or DVD-R and then receiving 1:1 copy dd-over-ssh “remote cloning harddisks” to be written to /dev/sda) = IT JUST WORKS 😀
    • if the user has to setup from scratch: test multiple iso until one works
    • if things don’t install properly (like apt install mate-desktop) it might not be the user’s fault… but something along the whole setup process might have gone wrong. just try the next iso X-D
      • some debian testing 13 iso work, some don’t
    • this one worked @ 2025-07-11: if the user wants to get as much packages on USB stick as possible (recommended)
    • 0. get a fast usb stick with at least 8GBytes those SanDisk usually work (some USB sticks are unbootable)

    • 1. BACKUP ALL IMPORTANT USER DATA OR USE A PC LAPTOP WITHOUT ANY IMPORTANT USERDATA
    • 2. DISCONNECT THE BACKUP (FROM USB AND POWER)
    • 3. 1:1 dd it onto a usb stick DOUBLE CHECK THE USB STICK’s DRIVE LETTER 
    • umount /dev/sdX*;
dd if=/path/to/debian-13-testing-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdX status=progress;
sync;
    • attach USB stick to USB port of PC (preferably a blue usb 2.0 or 3.0 port)
    • also attach PC to LAN or have a known-to-work USB wifi dongle attached (it is basically a unwritten rule, that during setup GUN Linux Debian pulls latest packages from an archive mirror and setup without internet MIGHT work but it will most likely fail)
    • straight after power on hit DEL or F2 like crazy in order to get into BIOS
    • in BIOS make sure the USB device is selected to be booted from first
    • after F10 and restarting the bios the Debian setup screen should show up
    • non graphical setup with debian mate desktop was installed pretty fast from above DVD-1.iso via non-graphical mode
      • because having most required packages on USB 2.0 or 3.0 stick = very fast 😀 (way faster than inet because inet speeds in Germany SUCK!!!)
    • GOOD LUCK ALL USERS AND DEVS INVOLVED 😀 MIGHT THE SRC BE WITH THE USER 😀

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