Bug#863868: USB Memory Stick: Issues with win32diskimager
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 12:38:40PM +0200, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
>On 06/06/2017 12:07, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>>>> My own recommendation now would be Rufus, in dd mode.
>>>
>>> My recommendation would be for nothing to be recommended. Changing it
>>> on a year by year is hardly inspiring. Debian should not be
>>> *recommending* software it has no control over; especially in the
>>> Manual. The CD FAQ seems geared up for promoting guidance for other
>>> OSs. Why not use that?
>>
>> ACK, that's a fair point too.
>
>Rufus is free software, and can compile under MinGW, but it seems like
>there is a problem currently causing it from compiling on Linux systems.
>But that's a bug that might be fixed in the future and then rufus could
>be just another source package in Debian, right?
AIUI it's totally Win32 only, so I don't really see much point in us
carrying the source. It *is* Free Software and the author is clueful
and friendly, which is why I'm happy to recommend it.
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"I can't ever sleep on planes ... call it irrational if you like, but I'm
afraid I'll miss my stop" -- Vivek Das Mohapatra
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