On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 06:13:24PM +0200, gregor herrmann wrote: >On Tue, 15 May 2012 22:34:20 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > >> > And the USB-stick process is not as simple as it might be because you >> > have to find the HD-media files and then _also_ find an iso image to >> > put on. It's no wonder newbs are still downloading CD/DVD images. >> I thought HD-media was a thing of the past with the newish isohybrid >> stuff where you just cat the ISO to the device? Pretty sure thats what >> I did for the last install I did. > >Same here. > >My last install with an USB stick (2 months ago) must have been as >easy as dd'ing or cat'ing the ISO to a device since I don't remember >any details or even problems, and I'm quite sure I didn't hunt down >any additional files or used any non-standard tools. > >(I think it was a testing image from February or something similar, >in case they are different .... Ah, I still have it, >debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso, downloaded on March 4th.)
Just checking with wookey on irc, he downloaded the image and read the instructions (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en) but skipped straight past section 4.3.1. Looks like we could do with a big clear message "DO THIS UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS" to make it more obvious. :-) -- 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/20120515162306.gc2...@einval.com
