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author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2015-01-22 00:36:25 +0000 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2015-01-22 00:36:25 +0000 |
commit | 9b90666a8bee7754a290ed68356ec3883ab13846 (patch) | |
tree | 0d45e88d1ceb49ed78bd903c60862353129280e8 /en/install-methods | |
parent | d59015425be074eb0e74fb73f5405b4459d6a63e (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-9b90666a8bee7754a290ed68356ec3883ab13846.zip |
* Advise users not to use unetbootin
* Suggest win32diskimager as an alternativee to unetbootin
* Explicitly list the netinst, CD-1 and DVD-1 images as "which image should
I use" is a FAQ.
Diffstat (limited to 'en/install-methods')
-rw-r--r-- | en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml index bb344d75d..7f59939d9 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml @@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ information on for example a hard disk could be lost. <title>Preparing a USB stick using a hybrid CD or DVD image</title> <para> -Debian CD and DVD images can now be written directly a USB stick, +Debian CD and DVD images can now be written directly to a USB stick, which is a very easy way to make a bootable USB stick. Simply choose -a CD or DVD image that will fit on your USB stick. See +a CD or DVD image (such as the netinst, CD-1, DVD-1, or netboot) that will fit +on your USB stick. See <xref linkend="official-cdrom"/> to get a CD or DVD image. </para><para> @@ -54,10 +55,16 @@ as follows, after having made sure that the stick is unmounted: <prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>sync</userinput> </screen></informalexample> +The +<ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/win32diskimager/"> +win32diskimager</ulink> +utility can be used under other operating systems to copy the image. + </para><important><para> The image must be written to the whole-disk device and not a partition, e.g. /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1. +Do not use tools like <command>unetbootin</command> which alter the image. </para></important><important><para> |