On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > On 02/28/2013 02:12 PM, Tom H wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Thursday 28 February 2013 18:12:14 Tom H wrote: >>>> >>>> Linux isn't as myopic as people are claiming in this thread. >>>> >>>> Ubuntu points users to this page to create a flash installer: >>>> >>>> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/ >>>> >>>> And Fedora points users to a Windows version of liveusb-creator here: >>>> >>>> http://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/ >>>> >>>> Debian, unfortunately, only gives instructions to burn to a CD/DVD via >>>> Windows on: >>>> http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#record-windows >>> >>> And there is always PCLinuxOS, which was originally designed expressly to >>> make >>> the transition to Linux easy for Windows users. >> >> I wasn't making an exhaustive list of distributions. I just check >> three and found their instructions. >> >> I've just checked PCLinuxOS and there aren't any CD/DVD/Stick-creation >> instructions: >> >> http://www.pclinuxos.com/?page_id=10 >> >> I can only access a cached wiki page at the moment and it only has CD >> burning instructions. > > There are instructions for making a boot flash-drive here: > > http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,80917.0.html
Thanks but these instructions are for creating an installation flash drive on Linux - and they're well hidden. So it's a fail from the perspective of the person criticizing distributions for not providing readily-available Windows instructions for creating one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sw9+qkn-ydgdx0fwc1dbz5pqvevgexffv9iaj8bjpe...@mail.gmail.com