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Re: [RFR] Manual - new section on CD



On Wednesday 25 October 2006 23:13, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> 5.3.1
> 	Is there a possibility of the cdrom being mountable (e.g.
> 	manually), but not useable for the install?  If so, instructions
> 	for transferring the CD to an iso file on a hard disk (or usb
> 	stick) could be usefull, as a variation on hd booting.  A user
> 	may have no direct way of getting an iso onto a hard disk.

Hmm. I can't really oversee the implications of this and it also sounds 
like this is trying to reinvent the hdmedia installation method.

> 5.3.2.
> 	Before making a floppy, I verify the md5sum.  After making it, I
> 	use dd to make a new image file from the floppy and verify the
> 	md5sum.  If it verifies, the floppy should work  If the floppy
> 	doesn't work then redownloading the image file doesn't help if
> 	the md5sum is already verified.

Yes, good point. I've changed the text so that downloading again is not 
advised by default.

Thanks for your comments.

Cheers,
FJP

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