Re: Installation report: Bootstrapping a first installation bootable USB

2022-07-13 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Thank you both for the suggestions; I'll keep them in mind next time. (For the time being, I have a bootable disk for my friend so I'm all set.) Cheers, Daniel ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il

Re: Installation report: Bootstrapping a first installation bootable USB

2022-07-13 Thread Shlomo Solomon
As far as I know Etcher has a Windows version - never tried it, but it works well on Linux so should be a good alternative - and (at least the Linux version) has a nice GUI so should be good for a Windows user. On Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:34:17 + "Daniel Shahaf" wrote: > I tried to walk a friend

Re: Installation report: Bootstrapping a first installation bootable USB

2022-07-13 Thread Mark E. Fuller
For Fedora, we have the "Fedora Media Writer" available for all platforms to write USB disks: (yes, it can write your Debian image as well, not just Fedora) See the download page for how it's integrated into "user experience" with download links Download Fedora Workstation (getfedora.org)

Installation report: Bootstrapping a first installation bootable USB

2022-07-13 Thread Daniel Shahaf
I tried to walk a friend through using Windows 10 to create a bootable Linux USB disk, so they'd install their first Linux box. Debian (and FreeBSD) recommend win32diskimager. Arch suggested a few other tools, of which I tried Rufus 3.19 and "dd for windows". The first and third didn't work at