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

Thu Apr 28 12:59:12 CEST 2011

> 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...
+
+Op donderdag 28 april 2011 11:37:53 schreef David Sjölin:
+> 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
+> 
+> 
+
+please don't top post
+
+and of course it's a good design, it's based on:
+
+step 1: idea
+step 2: (to be filled in)
+step 3: profit!
+
+:-D
+