Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-22 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue 20 Jan 2015 at 23:25:14 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote: Elsewhere (#775689), there has been a discussion of some of the problems that unetbootin can pose when used with Debian install media. It would be great to better document these problems and warn users against copying images to USB

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Stuart Prescott, le Tue 20 Jan 2015 23:25:14 +1100, a écrit : being a little more explicit about which images the user can use on the USB stick (since that is also a FAQ in #debian). Err, can't actually *all* images be used on a USB stick? Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-21 Thread Stuart Prescott
being a little more explicit about which images the user can use on the USB stick (since that is also a FAQ in #debian). Err, can't actually *all* images be used on a USB stick? I don't believe CD2, DVD2 etc are bootable. OMG there's like 60 CDs which one do I need? It's all so

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Stuart Prescott, le Thu 22 Jan 2015 11:29:17 +1100, a écrit : being a little more explicit about which images the user can use on the USB stick (since that is also a FAQ in #debian). Err, can't actually *all* images be used on a USB stick? I don't believe CD2, DVD2 etc are bootable.

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-20 Thread Stuart Prescott
Source: installation-guide Version: 20141230 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi! Elsewhere (#775689), there has been a discussion of some of the problems that unetbootin can pose when used with Debian install media. It would be great to better document these problems and warn users against copying