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Re: Bug#692054: installation-report: xfce CD installs gnome



On Fri 02 Nov 2012 at 11:23:09 -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote:

> On 02/11/12 10:26 AM, Brian Potkin wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Neither the CD/faq nor installation guide mentions:
> 
> https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer

The CD FAQ could do:

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2012/08/msg00053.html

There is a companion patch at

   http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2012/08/msg00064.html

Both would benefit from a review.

> Note, they are currently moving to:
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager
> 
> Is there any reason not to recommend this? Seems better than nothing.

Not that I can think of. Last time I tested it it worked well and in my
opinion, was to be preferred to UNetbootin for transferring a Debian ISO
to a USB stick.


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