[Mageia-dev] Suggestion: what to do with iso?

Thu Apr 28 11:37:53 CEST 2011

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.vanraes at 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.vanraes at 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...
+>
+