Re: FLAWED INSTALL DELL 8500
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 09:19:15PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2014, James Harris wrote:
> > making a new one using uNetBootin. The installer for Windows/Mac/Linux can
> > be found at: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net .
>
> Please don't use unetbootin. It has been known to mangle the installer
> in unusual, hard to debug ways. Use win32diskimager or similar instead.
> See http://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/ for more information.
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If the laptop will boot from USB, and you have access to a Linux box, just dd the image onto a USB stick -
the .iso file is a hybrid file which means that it should boot with no problem.
All the best,
AndyC
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