[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 DVD 64bits install is broken

Sun May 27 06:58:54 CEST 2012

On 5/27/2012 12:47 AM, You-Cheng Hsieh wrote:
+> 2012/5/26 Simple . <simplew8 at gmail.com>:
+>> i used rufus in windows to burn the .iso into the usb, now i dont know
+>> if this is specifically caused by rufus or if this is caused by other
+>> thing, and here would be better that others could test and reproduce
+>> this.
+>>
+> There is no any mention on Mageia site that Rufus will work with
+> Mageia ISOs, vice versa. If you find a bug in Rufus, you should always
+> report it to Rufus developers, because it is not maintained by Mageia.
+> 
+> The dd way to dump ISO file into USB drive always work for me.
+> However, if you must do it in Windows, please add yourself to CC list
+> of this bug:
+> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4598
+> 
+> The most important thing is that you should report your problem to
+> Rufus developers. Mageia is not involved with Rufus development and
+> complaining here will not make any progress for you if you want Rufus
+> be fixed.
+> 
+> Please noted that even if it got fixed by Rufus developer(s), the
+> future release of Rufus may still have problems with Mageia ISOs.
+> Rufus and Mageia are two independent projects and have no any direct
+> or indirect connection.
+> 
+
+
+Appoint of interest. Not all computers can boot from a USB drive. The
+older the less likely it is to function.
+
+-- 
+
+  David
+
+
+