Add methods for copying the iso file to USB and optical media

CVS version numbers

english/download/index.wml: 1.1.2.4 -> 1.1.2.5

1 files changed, 52 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/english/download/index.wml b/english/download/index.wml
index 3beef599d81..60d4ab159bc 100644
--- a/english/download/index.wml
+++ b/english/download/index.wml
@@ -140,12 +140,34 @@ contains detailed installation instructions.
     ## a fancy image for USB stick
        
  
-   <h2>How to write to USB</h2>
+   <h2>How to write to USB flash drive</h2>
     
-    <p>(simple instructions,
-         link to pages with more
-     details)   </p>
-        
+<p>On a GNU/Linux machine, simply use the <q>cp</q> command, to copy an
+image to a USB flash drive:</p>
+
+<p><code>cp &lt;file&gt; &lt;device&gt;</code></p>
+
+<p>where:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>&lt;file&gt; is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q>
+  <li>&lt;device&gt; is the device matching the USB flash drive,
+  e.g. /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc. <em>Be careful to make sure you have the right
+  device name</em>, as this command is capable of writing over your hard
+  disk just as easily if you get the wrong one!</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>Additionally to the method above for GNU/Linux systems, there is also
+   the <a NAME="win32diskimager"
+   href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/">win32diskimager</a>
+   program available, which allows writing such bootable USB flash
+   drives under Windows. 
+</p>
+
+<p>The <a href="../CD/faq">frequent asked questions about Debian CDs</a>
+include more details on this, and additional methods for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X users.
+</p>
+
+
   </div>
   
   <div class="item col50 lastcol">
@@ -155,14 +177,32 @@ contains detailed installation instructions.
  
    <h2>How to write to optical media</h2>
     
-    <p>(simple instructions,
-         link to pages with more
-     details)   </p>
-        
-  </div>
-  
-  </div>
+    <p>
+    
+<p>On a GNU/Linux machine, use 
+<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso.html">xorriso</a>
+for all optical media types (also doable as non-root user):
+<br/><tt>xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject debian-x.y.z-arch-MEDIUM-NN.iso</tt>
+</p>
+
+<p>You can also use the graphical programs <a href="http://www.gnome.org/projects/brasero/">Brasero</a>,
+<a href="http://k3b.plainblack.com/">K3B</a>, and others.
+</p>
 
+<p>In Windows, you can use <a href="https://infrarecorder.org">InfraRecorder</a> to burn the iso file, 
+or look for options like <q>ISO9660 file</q>, <q>Raw ISO image</q> in your
+preferred optical media writer program.
+</p>
 
+<p>In Mac OS X, after opening the Disk Utility application 
+(in the <tt>/Applications/Utilities</tt> folder), 
+select <i>Burn...</i> in the <i>Image</i> menu and choose the image file 
+to burn.
+</p>
 
+<p>The <a href="../CD/faq">frequent asked questions about Debian CDs</a>
+include more details, and additional methods for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X users.
+</p>
+  </div>
 
+  </div>