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Re: have a mate-desktop CD



On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:24:26PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>
>Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> Then you were definitely using ISO mode in Rufus.
>
>At least it is not the "exact clone of the image onto the USB" which
>Pete Batard promises for DD mode of his Rufus.

Nod.

>> we have recommendations for rufus in DD mode, or
>> before that win32diskimager.
>
>The FAQ item
>  https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb
>still only mentions win32diskimager.

Yay. We have far too many places with out-of-date docs...

>Given the problems of shirish to effectively use Rufus in DD mode,
>somebody will have to take the plight of exercising the procedure and
>giving sufficient hints about how to avoid the unwanted ISO mode.
>(It's confusing that ISO mode yields a non-ISO 9660 filesystem on the
> USB stick whereas DD mode yields an ISO 9660.)
>
>I got an MS-Windows allergy with consequential wallet constipation.
>So i cannot volunteer for mere medical reasons.

*grin*

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code 
 is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth


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