[TriLUG] unetbooti

[Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG]

On Thu, 23 Apr 2015, Scott Miller via TriLUG wrote:

> unetbootin has a ton of launchpad bugs for ubuntu, and debian is pondering
> removing it:

I suspect unetbootin is similar to the install done by the pendrive site. I got 
a multibooting persistent usb stick out of the pendrive site once, but it took a 
couple of days and it was fiendishly difficult. I won't be doing it again.

I expect all that's required is a couple of cli instructions and an explanation 
of the casper file system. The rest is just a gui that doesn't work whose main 
role is to hide the simple workings underneath. The only inputs are the iso 
filename, the size of the casper filesystem and the location of the flashdrive. 
That all the gui does - accept those input. The pendrive site doesn't explain 
what they're doing. This is counter to the spirit of GNU.

Joe

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