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Bug#692309: installation-guide: 3.6.2. Boot Device Selection: Booting debian-installer from a USB stick



Hi,

Holger Wansing <linux@wansing-online.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <odyx@debian.org> wrote:
> > Le lundi, 10 décembre 2012 18.00:03, Holger Wansing a écrit :
> > > But we already mention Windows tools in the guide, which are also not
> > > part of Debian, for example for partitioning.
> > > I would vote for including plop too.
> > 
> > Which ones, specifically ? As far as I read chapter 3.5, we just advise users 
> > to "repartition", without saying how. The other Windows executables we advise 
> > to use are in Debian: loadlin and win32-loader.
> 
> For example:
> In manual for i386 and amd64, this is "the integrated Disk Manager of 
> Windows 7".
> For powerpc: "The Apple Drive Setup application can be found in the Utilities 
> folder on the MacOS CD".

I forgot another example:
on the Debian website in the CD faq
http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-windows
we advise to use Windows or MacOS burning software to burn ISO to disk.
This advise is not in the installation-guide, but on the website, what
results in the same.

Holger

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