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

[nicolas vigier]

On Sun, 27 May 2012, andre999 wrote:

> John a écrit :
>> On Sun, 27 May 2012 04:18:19 +0100
>> Simple . wrote:
>>
>>    
>>> 2012/5/27 Simple .<simplew8 at gmail.com>:
>>>      
>>>> 2012/5/27 John<john at neodoc.biz>:
>>>>        
> [...]
>>>>> _You_ used a Windows application to write the image to the USB key.
>>>>>          
>>>>   If instead calling _You_ you had first went to
>>>> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Installation_Media  *you* had easily see
>>>> that Rufus is a recommended tool to burn Linux .iso's.
>>>>        
>> Yes, it is a suggested tool for Windows users, it still requires the user
>> to understand how tyhe tool needs to be used - correct?
>>    
>
>
> For what it is worth, it seems that Simple acted entirely reasonably.
> There are no special instructions on the Rufus site on how to use the 
> application.
> Isn't it better to try _constructive_ criticism instead of _blaming_ 
> someone for having a problem ?

If he wanted constructive criticism he should have titled the thread
"Problem with XXX" not "XXX is broken" which implies that he has done
everything right.