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This is so a modified DVD image, that +</I>><i> >>> > seems to introduce new bugs. +</I>><i> >>> > +</I>><i> >>> > The only way I know to put Mageia's ISO in a USB key is : +</I>><i> >>> > +</I>><i> >>> > dd if=DVD.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M +</I>><i> >>> > +</I>><i> >>> > (the bs option is only to accelerate writing speed). +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >>> I really dont get what you mean, no one modified the .iso image or +</I>><i> >>> its contents, and what i said is that the packages with long +</I>><i> >>> filenames were modified, the end of the packages names didnt +</I>><i> >>> appear., so instead appearing in the USB pen disk: +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >>> telepathy-kde-common-internals-translations-0.3.0-1.mga2.noarch.rpm +</I>><i> >>> vboxadditions-kernel-3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2-4.1.12-5.mga2.x86_64.rpm +</I>><i> >>> vboxadditions-kernel-3.3.6-netbook-2.mga2-4.1.12-5.mga2.x86_64.rpm +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >>> it was appearing: +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >>> telepathy-kde-common-internals-translations-0.3.0-1.mga2.noar +</I>><i> >>> vboxadditions-kernel-3.3.6-desktop-2.mga2-4.1.12-5.mga2.x86 +</I>><i> >>> vboxadditions-kernel-3.3.6-netbook-2.mga2-4.1.12-5.mga2.x86 +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >>> and after i renamed the packages to its original names the install +</I>><i> >>> went ok. +</I>><i> >>> +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> _You_ used a Windows application to write the image to the USB key. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> >  If instead calling _You_ you had first went to +</I>><i> > <A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation_Media">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation_Media</A>  *you* had easily see +</I>><i> > that Rufus is a recommended tool to burn Linux .iso's. +</I> +Yes, it is a suggested tool for Windows users, it still requires the user +to understand how tyhe tool needs to be used - correct? + +><i> > +</I>><i> >> If _you_ had used the application correctly, you would have written +</I>><i> >> the iso image to the device. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Now theres a correct way to use Rufus? +</I> +Of course there is, go to the website! + +><i> > +</I>><i> >> The applcation _you_ used to write the content of the iso to the +</I>><i> >> devive truncated the long filenames. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I simply followed what was written in Mageia wiki regarding burning a +</I>><i> > ISO to a USB pen disk. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Also i didnt had any linux OS to be able to burn it for example with +</I>><i> > dd. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> But i forgot to say that for Mageia 2 official release there is a +</I>><i> problem with the .iso, using dd to save it to a USB pen disk doesnt +</I>><i> set it as a bootable device, and this is a new bug to be reported. +</I>><i> +</I> +This is NOT a new bug! + +One again, your methods are the problem. + +Countless other users have managed to write .iso images to USB sticks and +install from them. + +Well in excess of two months of testing of USB installs preceeded the +release. + +I say again, look to your methods + +JohnR +</PRE> + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="015866.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 DVD 64bits install is broken +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="015874.html">[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 DVD 64bits install is broken +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#15867">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#15867">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#15867">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#15867">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |