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

[Greg Harris]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:59:20 +0200
Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com> wrote:

> 2011/4/28 David Sjölin <david.sjolin at gmail.com>:
> > 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.
> 
> No, it's only a few steps with 'dd', and for those who love GUIs, I
> just did a test:
> mandriva-seed.sh also works on Mageia and with Mageia ISOs. Tested
> with Beta2 / KDE and LXDE.
> 
> So we should integrate a hint to mandriva-seed into the help.
> 
The instructions at http://gnome3.org/tryit.html are pretty clear and
could be used for a template.