On Thu 28 Jul 2011 at 23:12:32 +0200, Per Carlson wrote: > Where the first sentence reads: "To prepare the USB stick, you will > need a system where GNU/Linux is already running and where USB is > supported.". So, to install Debian from an USB-stick you need a system > where Debian (for example) is installed. Smells recursion here :-) > > IMHO there should be some hints what to do if the user currently is > running something else than GNU/Linux, like Windows or OS X.
This doesn't sound unreasonable as a suggestion but the Installation Manual may not be best place to put such hints. In the FAQ at http://www.debian.org/CD/ there are sections for recording a CD-R under Windows and Mac OS so, considering all the CD images are recordable to a USB stick, this may be a more suitable document to offer any advice you think is useful. I'd suggest you contact one of the mailing lists mentioned on that page (debian-boot?) and make some proposals for improving the information for users of other OSs wanting to put a Debian image on a USB medium. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110729135923.GL29162@desktop