From c5fff88b8bab83e2039cbb4ad564139667859f42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Antoine=20Beaupr=C3=A9?= Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:17:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] document wipefs If a USB stick was previously formatted with grml through a `dd` command, a ISO signature will remain on the filesystem and break booting. It needs to be wiped first! --- grml2usb.8.adoc | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/grml2usb.8.adoc b/grml2usb.8.adoc index a9e7ebd..adeca39 100644 --- a/grml2usb.8.adoc +++ b/grml2usb.8.adoc @@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ ISO on device /dev/sdX1 for multibooting. Install specified ISO on device /dev/sdX1 and format partition /dev/sdX1 with FAT filesystem. + # wipefs -a /dev/sdX # parted /dev/sdX --script mklabel gpt mkpart P1 fat32 0 100% set 1 boot on set 1 esp on # grml2usb --format /home/grml/grml-full-2025.08-amd64.iso /dev/sdX1 From 3d18002436c5630901b32418858589c69d26b486 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Antoine=20Beaupr=C3=A9?= Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:19:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use a better name for the GRML partition --- grml2usb.8.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/grml2usb.8.adoc b/grml2usb.8.adoc index adeca39..7f14cc5 100644 --- a/grml2usb.8.adoc +++ b/grml2usb.8.adoc @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ Install specified ISO on device /dev/sdX1 and format partition /dev/sdX1 with FAT filesystem. # wipefs -a /dev/sdX - # parted /dev/sdX --script mklabel gpt mkpart P1 fat32 0 100% set 1 boot on set 1 esp on + # parted /dev/sdX --script mklabel gpt mkpart GRML fat32 0 100% set 1 boot on set 1 esp on # grml2usb --format /home/grml/grml-full-2025.08-amd64.iso /dev/sdX1 Manually partition the `/dev/sdX` drive before installing the ISO,