Hi, Holger Wansing <li...@wansing-online.de> wrote: > Raf Czlonka <r...@linuxstuff.pl> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:27:29AM BST, Holger Wansing wrote: > > > Where is that information provided on Debian-own web pages? > > > > As my colleague already mentioned and so did I - it is not there. > > > > > Why not point to Ubuntu website? > > > > IMHO, it sends the wrong message, e.g. "we can't be bothered writing our > > own documentation" or "Ubuntu's got better documentation than Debian"* > > or "why start with Debian in the first place, use Ubuntu" - after all > > Debian links to their pages, they have to be better, right?
Ok, so I have modified my proposal patch. Comments? Holger Index: CD/faq/index.wml @@ -663,6 +663,38 @@ Mac OS X</a> as well. # ============================================================ +<toc-add-entry name="write-usb">How do I write a CD image to a USB flash drive?</toc-add-entry> + +<p>Several of the Debian CD and Debian Live images are created using +<i>isohybrid</i> technology, which means that they may be used in two +different ways:</p> + +<ul> + <li>They may be written to CD/DVD and used as normal for CD/DVD booting.</li> + <li>They may be written to USB flash drives, bootable directly from the BIOS of most PCs.</li> +</ul> + +<p>The most common way to copy an image to a USB flash drive is to use +the <q>dd</q> command on a Linux machine:</p> + +<p><code>dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync</code></p> + +<p>where:</p> +<ul> + <li><file> is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q> + <li><device> is the device matching the USB flash drive, + e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/sdb. Be careful to make sure you have the right + device name, as this command is capable of writing over your hard + disk just as easily if you get the wrong one!</li> + <li><q>bs=4M</q> tells dd to read/write in 4 megabyte chunks for + better performance; the default is 512 bytes, which will be much + slower + <li>The <q>sync</q> is to make sure that all the writes are flushed out + before the command returns. +</ul> + +<p>On a Windows machine you can use <a + href="https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download";>Image Writer + for Windows</a>: +</p> + +<ul> + <li>Download and unpack Image Writer.</li> + <li>Plug in your USB storage device; look carefully for the letter which is + assigned to that device.</li> + <li>Execute <q>Win32DiskImager.exe</q>, select the debian iso file you have + downloaded and the target device. </li> + <li>Click <q>Write</q>. Don't remove the USB device until the + operation is finished!</li> +</ul> + +<p>On a Mac OS machine it should be possible to use the <q>dd</q> command + similar to that on a Linux machine. The command <q>diskutil list</q> + can help you determine which device name is assigned to your USB storage + device. +</p> + +# ============================================================ + <toc-add-entry name="whatlabel">How should I label the CDs?</toc-add-entry> -- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Created with Sylpheed 3.0.2 under DEBIAN GNU/LINUX 6.0 - S q u e e z e Registered LinuxUser #311290 - http://counter.li.org/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-www-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110917214548.5c565b19.li...@wansing-online.de
