Hello! I remember that when I created a usb from ISO I had some strange problem making the USB bootable. Maybe some comment on how to do that? I don't remember how I did it then, but I assume using fdisk or something? Dismount the USB, fidks /dev/sdb1 (or whatever it could be on the users computer) and change the bootable flag (?). And a comment on how to find the device for the USB.
Other than that this looks like a good design. Regards, David On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Maarten Vanraes <maarten.vanr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Op donderdag 28 april 2011 10:01:53 schreef Romain d'Alverny: >> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 08:52, Maarten Vanraes >> > >> > <maarten.vanr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> So, >> >> >> >> I was talking to someone i know about Mageia, and she poked around the >> >> site, but then asked how to put the iso on an usbstick, since her >> >> netbook didn't have cdrom. >> >> >> >> I had to admit i didn't know exactly how, which brings me to my point: >> >> >> >> Perhaps it would be nice to have a link on the download page, on how to >> >> handle the iso for people who don't know how? (ie: burn it; or >> >> usb-stick-ify it) >> >> >> >> WDYT? >> >> It's always good to have this kind of documentation, that we can >> provide on the download page for after use. >> >> Related docs: >> * http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Draklive#Building_a_live_CD_or_live_USB >> * >> http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Installing_Mandriva_Linux#Installation_fr >> om_a_USB_stick * maybe others I didn't find >> >> about this, but no equivalent doc on our side for now (in Wiki or website). >> >> So someone to write an article about this is welcome. >> >> Note that Ubuntu does something quite nice as well about this (the >> "show me how" thing): >> http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download >> >> Romain > > I would prefer to not link the download page to our temporary wiki, as it > doesn't look that good imho. > > an extra translatable page on the website would sound good, i suppose: > > rough format: > ----------------- > What to do with this iso file? > > first, choose the right one for you. > ==> explanation about 32bit/64bit > ==> mention about dualboot > ==> mention about live iso and how you can install that if you want > ==> mention about the other isos and briefly what they mean > > option 1) burn it to CD/DVD with your favourite CD/DVD burner > ==> examples with small screenshot from windows/macosx/linux > ==> notice on size of iso and CD or DVD format, notion about RW also being ok > ==> explanation of verifying md5sum > > option 2) how to put an iso on a stick? > ==> examples with small screenshot from windows/macosx/linux > ==> explanation of verifying md5sum > > option 3) virtualisation > ==> briefly mention XEN/KVM/Vbox/VMWare > ==> explanation of importance of verifying an md5sum > > > something like this... >