On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:33:29 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:08:58 +0200, Jan Olav Agle wrote: >> >>> I sometimes install Debian on machines belonging to family and >>> friends. On my latest install I tried the boot.img.gz on an USB-stick. >>> It failed halfway trough, complaining about a missing suitable >>> ISO-image. Not wasting time, I dd'ed the netinstall iso onto the stick >>> and installed. >> >> (...) >> >> Are you aware of this? >> >> 4.3.1. Preparing a USB stick using a hybrid CD or DVD image >> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy- isohybrid >> > I realize that page is explicitly referring to "Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 > system (codename “squeeze”)".
Yes, and I hope also for onwards versions (>6.0) > I'm considering moving from Windows to Linux. I've downloaded the iso's > of about a dozen distro's chosen on disparate desires. Most, but not > all, are Debian based/inspired/... > > I have fully equipped desktop machine and a laptop w/o a functioning CD > drive. > > I wish to determine for each distro: > 1. will it run from a USB stick on both machines? how well? > 2. how well do I like the result? You meant...? a) "Run" (like a LiveUSB) b) "Install from USB flash" c) "Install into USB flash" This needs to be expanded a bit :-) Just to clarify. The above Debian ISO images (CD/DVD/MiniISO hybrid) are aimed to be "installation sources" for the target system. And every distribution provides different sets of installation media, LiveCD images, LiveUSB... > Questions: > 1. how compatible is it with Debian based distro's? > 2. how compatible with non-Debian distro's? Hum... how compatible is "what" and "against what" are we comparing, exactly? > One of my goals is to keep as much as possible the same between > distro's. Given that goal, is there another method to set up my > comparison? You should first clarify what's what you have in mind, I'm not seeing your goal. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2011.09.27.11.24...@gmail.com
