On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 17:30:14 +1030
dvalin@??? wrote:

> Have just taken delivery of an Intel NUC8i5BEK, installed RAM & SSD.
> A USB stick with:
> $ dd if=~/Downloads/devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_i386_desktop-live.iso
> of=/dev/sdb  bs=512k
> looks good mounted on another host, but doesn't boot in the NUC.


Does the "other host" recognize it as bootable in UEFI mode? Did you
check for a BIOS update? Did you try with "Secure Boot" disabled?

libre Grüße,
Florian