Re: Bug#692054: installation-report: xfce CD installs gnome
On Fri 02 Nov 2012 at 11:40:06 +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Ben wrote:
> >
> >More likely some preseed to select xfce is missing because unetbootin
> >mangles the boot parameters.
>
> That's my suspicion too. Without the right desktop task specified on
> the boot command line we'll probably fall back to Gnome.
UNetbootin produces its own menu from a Debian iso. Considering some of
the menu items may not function (Help, for example), your suspicions are
likely well-founded.
> We've told and told people about hybrid images, but I guess the
> message still isn't getting out there. :-(
The message is out there for people writing an isohybrid to a USB device
under Linux. My impression is that more and more of them are using
cp/dd/cat. There is no message given to those who want to use the same
technique under other OSs, such as Windows.
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