Bug#692309: installation-guide: 3.6.2. Boot Device Selection: Booting debian-installer from a USB stick
tags + patch
thanks
On Sun 04 Nov 2012 at 21:24:32 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote:
> http://www.plop.at/
>
> Advantages:
>
> * It works.
> * It is actively developed.
> * There is no other comparable software.
> * Users are better informed.
The idea of adding this advice to the Guide may grow on people, so
patches are attached.
--- manual/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml 2012-12-07 11:41:09.000000000 +0000
+++ manual/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386_usbboot.xml 2012-12-07 17:21:21.000000000 +0000
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@
<quote>USB CDROM</quote> helps on some BIOSes which will not boot from a USB stick in
USB harddisk mode.</phrase>
+</para><para>
+
+You may lose the fight to get a USB stick to boot by adjusting the BIOS
+but it may be necessary for you to use such a device for booting &d-i;.
+The options open to you are now very limited but some of our users have
+reported success with using the
+<ulink url="&url-plop-bootmanager;">Plop boot loader</ulink>.
+
+
</para>
</sect2>
--- manual/build/entities/urls.ent 2012-12-07 11:41:09.000000000 +0000
+++ manual/build/entities/urls-plop.ent 2012-12-07 17:23:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
-->
<!ENTITY url-osd "http://opensource.org/osd";>
<!ENTITY url-debian-wiki-software "http://&wiki-debian-org;/DebianSoftware";>
+<!ENTITY url-plop-bootmanager "http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagers.html";>
<!-- GPL -->
<!ENTITY url-gnu-copyleft "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html";>
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