Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-22 Thread Brian Potkin
On Tue 20 Jan 2015 at 23:25:14 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote: > Elsewhere (#775689), there has been a discussion of some of the problems > that unetbootin can pose when used with Debian install media. It would be > great to better document these problems and warn users against copying > images to U

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-21 Thread Stuart Prescott
> > being a little more explicit about which images the user can use on > > the USB stick (since that is also a FAQ in #debian). > > Err, can't actually *all* images be used on a USB stick? I don't believe CD2, DVD2 etc are bootable. "OMG there's like 60 CDs which one do I need? It's all so comp

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Stuart Prescott, le Thu 22 Jan 2015 11:29:17 +1100, a écrit : > > > being a little more explicit about which images the user can use on > > > the USB stick (since that is also a FAQ in #debian). > > > > Err, can't actually *all* images be used on a USB stick? > > I don't believe CD2, DVD2 etc are

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Stuart Prescott, le Tue 20 Jan 2015 23:25:14 +1100, a écrit : > being a little more explicit about which images the user can use on > the USB stick (since that is also a FAQ in #debian). Err, can't actually *all* images be used on a USB stick? Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-

Bug#775814: installation-guide: Advise users against using unetbootin

2015-01-20 Thread Stuart Prescott
Source: installation-guide Version: 20141230 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi! Elsewhere (#775689), there has been a discussion of some of the problems that unetbootin can pose when used with Debian install media. It would be great to better document these problems and warn users against copying i