On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 01:57:01PM -0400, dryphi wrote: >Hi, > >I'm reading through your handy FAQ on image files: >http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ > >I'm currently in the process of making a Debian Live USB. However the >only way I have found to to this is by using a program in W7 called >ImageWriter that I obtained from the openSUSE team. It seems your FAQ >(as well as that for many other distros currently) explains how to >"burn" these images to optical media only, and neglects to embrace the >USB method. > >Is there a section on your FAQ that I am missing? How do I write the >ISO to USB in Linux? K3B, Brasero, etc all explicitly use blank CD/DVD >media. >What's more, UNetBootin fails to boot for most ISOs (accepting Ubuntu >and Mint for some reason), and the images must be written directly to >disk. > >Your website would be making a step ahead if you were to add USB >install instructions to your FAQ.
OK, I'll add those shortly. Quick version: "use dd". -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110906142552.gq28...@einval.com
