Bug#673715: [d-i manual] doc about creating a bootable Debian usb stick

[Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>]

Hi,

Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat 23 Aug 2014 at 18:54:14 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> 
> > Bug report "boot.img now creates a 1 GB filesystem, no longer 256 MB"
> > 
> > The mentioned changings are already fixed in the manual.
> > 
> > 
> > But the increase of the boot.img leads to another change in the d-i manual.
> > 
> > "4.3.3. Manually copying files to the USB stick — the flexible way" says:
> > 	One advantage of using this method is that — if the capacity of your 
> > 	USB stick is large enough — you have the option of copying a full 
> > 	CD ISO image to it. 
> > 
> > This is no longer true, since also the 'easy way' method documented in
> > "4.3.2. Manually copying files to the USB stick" now allows to copy
> > full CD images, because of the 1G filesystem.
> 
> I'd see the contrast as between an inflexible 1GB filesystem and one
> which can be any chosen size
> 
> Perhaps
> 
>   ...you have the option of copying a full CD or DVD ISO image to it.
> 
> or
> 
>   ...you have the option of copying an ISO image of any size to it.
> 
> would suit?

Indeed, mentioning a DVD image there would be senseful:


Index: en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
===================================================================
--- en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml       (Revision 69246)
+++ en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml       (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@
 If you like more flexibility or just want to know what's going on, you
 should use the following method to put the files on your stick. One
 advantage of using this method is that &mdash; if the capacity of your
-USB stick is large enough &mdash; you have the option of copying a
-full CD ISO image to it.
+USB stick is large enough &mdash; you have the option of copying any
+ISO image, even a DVD image to it.
 
 </para>



Thanks
Holger

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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>