[Mageia-dev] Mageia 2 DVD 64bits install is broken

[David]

On 5/27/2012 12:47 AM, You-Cheng Hsieh wrote:
> 2012/5/26 Simple . <simplew8 at gmail.com>:
>> i used rufus in windows to burn the .iso into the usb, now i dont know
>> if this is specifically caused by rufus or if this is caused by other
>> thing, and here would be better that others could test and reproduce
>> this.
>>
> There is no any mention on Mageia site that Rufus will work with
> Mageia ISOs, vice versa. If you find a bug in Rufus, you should always
> report it to Rufus developers, because it is not maintained by Mageia.
> 
> The dd way to dump ISO file into USB drive always work for me.
> However, if you must do it in Windows, please add yourself to CC list
> of this bug:
> https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4598
> 
> The most important thing is that you should report your problem to
> Rufus developers. Mageia is not involved with Rufus development and
> complaining here will not make any progress for you if you want Rufus
> be fixed.
> 
> Please noted that even if it got fixed by Rufus developer(s), the
> future release of Rufus may still have problems with Mageia ISOs.
> Rufus and Mageia are two independent projects and have no any direct
> or indirect connection.
> 


Appoint of interest. Not all computers can boot from a USB drive. The
older the less likely it is to function.

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  David