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#1 2008-04-16 15:01:13

gdv
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From: Ukrain
Registered: 2007-11-16
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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?

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#2 2008-04-16 15:04:18

wuischke
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From: Suisse Romande
Registered: 2007-01-06
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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.

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#3 2008-04-16 22:02:10

parkash
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Registered: 2007-04-22
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Re: Difference between .img and .iso installation images for 2008.04-rc

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

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#4 2008-04-17 04:52:00

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

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#5 2008-04-22 19:05:35

allbluedream
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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.

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#6 2008-04-22 19:13:19

wuischke
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Registered: 2007-01-06
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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.

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#7 2008-04-22 21:37:31

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

Thanks! Works perfectly this time.

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