Description of problem: Our downloads page for mga5 (e.g. https://www.mageia.org/en/downloads/ ) currently shows advice to use usbdumper for windows, which is currently not really possible and might lead to errors. What I'm referring to is only shown on mouseover over "...All ISOs can also be launched from a **USB drive.** " where you need to mouse-over on "USB drive" which currently holds the following text ( FWIW, only showing this on mouseover is not the best idea in the first place, and duplicating instructions there instead linking to existing documentation is much worse IMHO ) ---- Dump Mageia ISO on a USB flash drive "Dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior file-system in the partition; access to any data not destroyed will be lost, and partition capacity will be reduced to the image size. In other words, all prior data on the device is at risk. Unetbootin should not be used to copy the iso image to a USB drive (see below). To dump a Mageia installation ISO on a USB stick, you may try one of several tools: For Linux, IsoDumper, available inside repo. Or any tools based on dd. **vvvvvvv ---- please remove the following ---- vvvvvvv** For windows use usbdumper.If it show "writing error or access denied" try the fallowing method: run the console (cmd), then type "diskpart", then "list disk", then select your disk with "select disk", and type "clean" (it will erase the key). ---- Please adjust the section on using usbdumper, and directly point to the wiki page we have for that (which is also linked on the right-hand panel as "Get ISO on USB flash drive" ) and instead link directly to https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Dump_Mageia_ISO_on_a_USB_flash_drive_-_Alternative_tools Resulting text: ---- For windows please have a look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Dump_Mageia_ISO_on_a_USB_flash_drive_-_Alternative_tools Also please make sure this is adjusted from localised/translated download pages. Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce:
FWIW, this was discussed in https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9906 and also via PM with Yves who adapted mandriva seed/usbdumper for us.
CC: (none) => doktor5000, yves.brungard_mageia
I confirm that Usbdumper is not the better tool, and I will no more maintain it. The problem is: "If it show "writing error or access denied" try the following method: run the console (cmd), then type "diskpart", then "list disk", then select your disk with "select disk", and type "clean" (it will erase the key)." Rufus has a feature to manage that. Its code is C++ and I didn't find the equivalent in Python.
CC: (none) => manuel.mageia
I have updated the wiki from which this text was taken, a week ago, but was not aware it was still in the download page. Definitely needs to be changed.
(In reply to Samuel VERSCHELDE from comment #3) > I have updated the wiki from which this text was taken, a week ago, but was > not aware it was still in the download page. Definitely needs to be changed. Text is still on the downloads page. Looking at the source, it starts at line 306: <div id="iso2usbEx"> <h2>Dump Mageia ISO on a USB flash drive</h2><p>"Dumping" an image onto a flash device destroys any prior file-system in the partition; access to any data not destroyed will be lost, and partition capacity will be reduced to the image size. In other words, all prior data on the device is at risk.</p><p class="warn">Unetbootin should not be used to copy the iso image to a USB drive (see below).</p><p>To dump a Mageia installation ISO on a USB stick, you may try one of several tools:</p><ul><li>For Linux, IsoDumper, available inside repo. Or any tools based on dd.</li><li>For windows use <a href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe">usbdumper.</a><span class="dlinfo">If it show "writing error or access denied" try the fallowing method: run the console (cmd), then type "diskpart", then "list disk", then select your disk with "select disk", and type "clean" (it will erase the key).</span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> The above section in line 307 needs to be changed. Checked our git: ââ[doktor5000@Mageia5]â[14:56:14]â[~/MGA/GITWEB] ââââ¼ grep -Rn usbdumper . ./www/ar/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/ast/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/ca/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/cs/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/de/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/el/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/en-gb/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/en/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/eo/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/es/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/et/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/eu/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/fi/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/fr/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/hr/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/hu/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/id/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/it/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); ./www/ja/5/download_index.php:171: _g('For windows use <a href="%s">usbdumper.</a>',array('http://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/people/marcom/usbdumper.exe')); [snip] and the various .po files too.
commit dd506c3a2153b18ef7f29b15fa48f2c9d9809cb9 Author: filip <filip.komar@...> Date: Tue Jul 28 16:46:35 2015 +0200 bugfix for mga#16378 + Slovenian translation updated --- Commit Link: http://gitweb.mageia.org/web/www/commit/?id=dd506c3a2153b18ef7f29b15fa48f2c9d9809cb9
Please reopen if needed. I hope that Manuel as author doesn't mind.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDCC: (none) => filip.komarResolution: (none) => FIXED
commit b2131dd8fb34d8e76f69c7723cc868d1325c0075 Author: Egoitz Rodriguez <egoitzro@...> Date: Tue Jul 28 17:47:34 2015 +0200 bugfix for mga#16378 + Basque translation updated --- Commit Link: http://gitweb.mageia.org/web/www/commit/?id=b2131dd8fb34d8e76f69c7723cc868d1325c0075
Thanks for the fixes :)