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On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:52:09 -0400, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> There are quite a few machines without CD drives being sold today, but |
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> none that I'm aware of that won't boot from a USB stick. I believe that |
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> USB-stick images, rather than CD images, should be the default |
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> distributed boot images on the mirrors. And think of all the CD's that |
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> won't end up in the landfill, after an install image is used once. |
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The problem is what size do you make the image, not all USB sticks are |
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equal. A simpler option is to use Unetbootin to convert the ISO onto a |
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USB stick. |
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Incidentally, you could try dd'ing the ISO to a USB stick, this works |
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more often that you might imagine. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"It compiled? The first screen came up? Ship it!" -- Bill Gates |