Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindf...@iki.fi> writes:
> Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> writes:
>> And the USB-stick process is not as simple as it might be because you
>> have to find the HD-media files and then _also_ find an iso image to
>> put on. It's no wonder newbs are still downloading CD/DVD images.
>
> You also need to have root access to some machine to create the USB
> media.
No, you don't. On a default Debian system you need to be a member of
the "floppy" group. From /lib/udev/rules.d/91-permissions.rules :
# default permissions for block devices
SUBSYSTEM=="block", GROUP="disk"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTRS{removable}=="1", GROUP="floppy"
> This means you can't create the installation media at most
> university or library machines unlike with CDs.
You mean that they allow you to burn a CD but not write to a USB stick?
Sounds like they have a support problem which I don't think Debian can
solve for them.
Bjørn
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