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gdv

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From: Ukrain

Registered: 2007-11-16

Posts: 6

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Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

Just wonder about subject. It may be worth to keep Readme file in the same directory.
I'm also interesting, why new images appear so bigger, then previous?

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

The .img file is an image to be used with a USB stick or similar mediums. The iso is a CD image.

parkash

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Registered: 2007-04-22

Posts: 8

Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

Ok... How do I use the img file?

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 73#p356073

allbluedream

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Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 155

Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

Thanks for the info. I was wondering about the same thing.

Anyway, I cannot get dd to work. If I do 'if=/pathtoimage/arch-ftp-install-2008.04-rc-x86_64.img of=/dev/sdb1' I got a 'permission denied'. If I do it with sudo, I can go on with the operation, yet upon boot I am left with a 'grub _' and a forever blinking cursor. I wish to check the flash disk to see if anything has gone wrong, but I could not mount it under linux, and the only thing I can do is to format it under Windows.

wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

Posts: 630

Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

That's a /dev/sdb not a /dev/sdb1. I had the same problem and couldn't risk to destroy all my data, so I had to use the cd image instead.

allbluedream

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Registered: 2008-04-06

Posts: 155

Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

Thanks! Works perfectly this time.