Re: I wish to advocate linux
* On 2013 27 Feb 16:58 -0600, Mark Filipak wrote:
> I'm trying to make a bootable Debian live USB. My ISO-to-USB writer
> apparently can only make bootable *Windows* images. I tried using dd
> from here:
>
> http://www.chrysocome.net/downloads/dd-0.6beta3.zip
>
> but it won't run for me without an error message.
Have you tried unetbootin?
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
I've only used the Linux version. Some ISOs do work and some others I
had problems with. I had zero issues with the Debian rescue and net
install images (I only install a new Debian via net install), and I've
had success with various Xubuntu versions.
> Actually, I tried VirtualBox but it was missing a soft-router that
> would enable me to put the guest-OS behind the host's firewall and the
> VB developers didn't want to write a soft-router even though I found
> open-source code that could be adapted. I switched to VMware Player
> and never looked back. I may decide to run Debian in a VM sometime,
> but for now I'd rather boot Debian from USB.
As I understand it, VB enables a bridge to the local host, at least my
VM installations do by default. It sits well behind the kernel
firewall. Now, on MS Windows that may be a different story. I don't
know. The VMs get a 10.x.x.x address while my LAN has 192.68.x.x
addresses.
All that said, I've not used VM Player, so I can't compare them.
- Nate
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