Comment 2 for bug 1842381

Agreed - no bug. The instructions I was following was misleading about
'transferring the file'.

On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 14:30, Tobin Davis <email address hidden> wrote:

> How is this a bug? The program reads the image and writes to the device
> in raw format. How is it expected to read the file on the device it is
> overwriting? It can't read the image file entirely into memory.
>
> This is not a bug.
>
> ** Changed in: win32-image-writer
> Status: New => Won't Fix
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> Title:
> Image file cannot be located on the target device.
>
> Status in Image Writer:
> Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
> Write Linux Mint Image to the USB Drive
> After the USB drive has been formatted, transfer the ISO file to it.
>
> Start Win32 Disk Imager.
> Set the drive letter to the USB drive you prepared.
> Click the folder icon and locate the Linux Mint ISO file you've already
> downloaded. You will need to change the file type to show all the files.
> Click the ISO so that the path appears in the box on the main screen.
> Click Write.
>
> The ISO file is found on the USB Drive and is shown in the Image File
> box but click Write and "Image file cannot be located on the target
> device.".
>
> Very annoying.
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