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#1 2010-07-17 05:23:05

cdwijs
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Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

Hi All,

In the beginners guide, there are instructions to make a bootable USB drive.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … #USB_stick

Would it be a good idea to add instructions for unetbootin?
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

The only problem I have encountered using unetbootin is that it has an outdated version of arch in it's distribusion list:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unetbootin/+bug/318724

The work around is to download the .iso file manually and feed it to unetbootin.

Sorry for my language, I'm tired smile

Best regards,
Cedric

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#2 2010-07-17 05:24:03

karol
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Put … etBootin_2
I never used it, but if it works, you can add a link (to the wiki page above) to the beginners' guide.

Last edited by karol (2010-07-17 05:27:16)

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#3 2010-07-17 19:02:34

cdwijs
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

Isn't it more usefull to merge the 2 wiki articles? As far as I can see both contain more or less the same information.

Best regards,
Cedric

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#4 2010-07-17 19:06:09

karol
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

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#5 2010-07-17 20:41:32

cdwijs
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

Strange, I have installed arch just fine using netbootin and an iso image.

I will test and report back.

Anyway, I think we better fix the issue than removing netbootin, it's a good way to make a bootable usb drive

Regards,
Cedric

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#6 2010-07-17 20:44:52

karol
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

> I will test and report back.
Cool. You can talk to Hokasch about his objections.

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#7 2010-07-17 22:45:28

hokasch
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

Please see what I added later on the discussion page. The updated  instructions should work. I also filed a bug report, but there was no response. Apart from that, nothing we can do to "fix it".

I have no objections against the unetbootin instructions now - asked to remove it when the instructions did not work and there where a lot of posts from people failing to install with unetbootin on the forums.

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#8 2010-07-18 07:35:25

karol
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Re: Promote unetbootin on the beginners guide?

Either way (keep / remove) is fine with me.

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