Bug#744865: Add check and warning for unetbootin
So, some progress on this front. I've filed a bug against unetbootin
itself to ask for warnings "Don't use this for Debian CD images"
(#775689) and there has been some discussion there.
I've now tried the current stable and unstable versions of unetbootin
myself with the latest Jessie d-i RC1 amd64 netinst CD and could not
get it to work at all usefully. *sigh* I've no idea how people ever
manage to get unetbootin to work for them - documentation is
non-existent.
What I *do* have now is some information about the contents of the
resulting USB stick, so I can add a checks in d-i for various files
and trigger a warning something like
"It looks like you're using an installation disk generated using
unetbootin. This is regularly linked with difficult problem reports
from Debian Installer users; if you have problems using this
installation disk, please try your installation again *without*
using unetbootin before reporting issues. See the installer
documentation at ... for more information on how to create a USB
installer disk."
Stuart Prescott has opened a few more bugs with patches for our docs
to help users with this; see #775814, #775821, #775824, #775826.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that
English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on
occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them
unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll
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