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Author: Daniel Reurich
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To: aitor_czr, dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 11, Issue 39
Aitor,

You should not need to use isohybrid, as the image is already a hybrid
using syslinux for legacy bios systems and grub for uefi enabled systems.

I have used both successfully.

Regards,
    Daniel


On 13/08/15 19:11, aitor_czr wrote:
> I have not been able to use UnetBootin with the latest versions. Like
> Daniel, i suspect these may be related to using UnetBootin. Try with dd
> command:
>
> dd if=*.iso of=/dev/sdX (without the number of the partition, for
> example, sdb instead of sdb1)
>
> Type "fdisk -l" to get sdX. Just in case, first do it hybrid:
>
> isohybrid devuan*.iso
>
> You need to install syslinux and syslinux-utils.
>
> Aitor.
>
> El 13/08/15 a las 01:37, dng-request@??? escribió:
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 09:37:57 +1200
>> From: Daniel Reurich<daniel@???>
>> To: Haines Brown<haines@???>,dng@???
>> Subject: Re: [DNG] alpha 2 ISO missing parameter
>> Message-ID:<55CBBCB5.7060705@???>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>
>> Hi Haines,
>>
>> On 13/08/15 01:22, Haines Brown wrote:
>>> >I downloaded Alpha 2 and placed it on a USB key with unetbootin.
>>> >
>> Why didn't you just use dd (or even cat) to just dump the iso onto the
>> usbstick.
>>
>>> >When I boot a Thinkpad x250 with Alpha 2 iso, it comes up with "Missing
>>> >parameter error". However, when I provide Install at the "Boot:" prompt,
>>> >it boots to the installer.
>>> >
>>> >However, on a i386 desktop machine for which I would really like to
>>> >install devuan, booting the key comes up with "Missing parameter in
>>> >configuration file: Keyword: path". In this case, there is no Boot:
>>> >prompt.
>>> >
>>> >I don't understand these messages or if they are compatible.
>> I suspect these may be related to using unetbootin instead of just using
>> dd to write the image to your usb stick. If doing this doesn't solve
>> the issue, then please file an issue here:
>>
>> https://git.devuan.org/d-i/debian-installer/issues
>>
>> Thanks,
>>     Daniel

>>
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