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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:52:42 +0100
From: mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Fedora QA] #134: Clarify writing ISO to USB tests
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:14 PM, Fedora QA <trac@fedorahosted.org> wrote:
#134: Clarify writing ISO to USB tests
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?Reporter: ?rhe ? ? ? ? ?| ? ? ? Owner:
? ? ?Type: ?enhancement ?| ? ? ?Status: ?new
?Priority: ?major ? ? ? ?| ? Milestone:
?Component: ?Test Review ?| ? ? Version:
Resolution: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ? ?Keywords:
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Comment (by adamwill):
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?The ISOs we have to consider are:
?* Live images [[BR]]
?* DVD images [[BR]]
?* boot.iso / netinst.iso images [[BR]]
?* install.img image [[BR]]
?The writing methods we have to consider are:
?* dd (and equivalent utils, e.g. Windows tools which just do a simple raw
?image like dd does) [[BR]]
?* livecd-iso-to-disk [[BR]]
?* liveusb-creator [[BR]]
?* unetbootin [[BR]]
There is possibly more to it as well - for example in the past I have
tried the dd method and it sometimes works and sometimes does not -
FYI:Beware of Sandisk Micro USB sticks with hidden partition for
running applications (U3). They are not always marked on packaging and
this partition must be