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Re: installing debian from USB... IS IT POSSIBLE?



On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:45:28 +0200, Per Carlson wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 01:22, Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com>
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:58:54 +0200, Per Carlson wrote:
>>
>>> And what if the system doesn't have an optical drive? Buying an
>>> external drive shouldn't be the easiest option.
>>
>> So this hypothetical system doesn't have Linux, nor does it have an
>> optical drive
> 
> Think about netbooks and ultraportables, which is shipped with Windows
> and no CD/DVD-drive. Not *that* hypothetical, right?
> 
>> nor does its owner have any friends with an optical drive or Linux?
> 
> That would of course be a solution. But that doesn't mean there
> shouldn't be suggested other solutions?
> 
>> Then the hypothetical owner had better do some Googling for unetbootin
>> or the like.
> 
> Which leads on to the topic the OP is complaining about: how to find
> that information. I might be stupid, but that search term didn't strike
> me as an obvious one. But I do thank you for that term, UNetbootin looks
> great.

Sorry for the prickly tone. I was not getting at you; just irritated by 
OP's attitude and evident inability to frame a question in a way likely 
to elicit helpful answers.



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