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| author | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2012-06-06 23:29:57 +0000 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> | 2012-06-06 23:29:57 +0000 |
| commit | 0016f6d84762d1de7599196f9e9ff3f408f42ad7 (patch) | |
| tree | 4202a436fa2535ffbb4e99383f23478f510fb5a2 | |
| parent | d01abd0b17b2b2d0a4db7a36a55bf8e8b5795df7 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-0016f6d84762d1de7599196f9e9ff3f408f42ad7.zip | |
Simply use cp instead of dd to prepare USB stick. Make it clearer how we expect users to write CDs to USB sticks.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 6e95a26b2..d2011cb85 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ installation-guide (2011xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low sure the stick is unmounted. Closes: #660776. * Rename kbd-chooser component to console-setup. * Fix preseeding for keyboard-configuration. + * Simply use cp instead of dd to prepare USB stick. + + [ Steve McIntyre ] + * Make it clearer how we expect users to write CDs to USB sticks. [ Joey Hess ] * Fix typo in example preseed. Closes: #612631 diff --git a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml index 9d00a52da..ab2f7677a 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml @@ -73,11 +73,17 @@ GNU/Linux system, the CD or DVD image file can be written to a USB stick as follows, after having made sure that the stick is unmounted: <informalexample><screen> -<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>dd if=<replaceable>debian.iso</replaceable> of=/dev/<replaceable>sdX</replaceable></userinput> +<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>cp <replaceable>debian.iso</replaceable> /dev/<replaceable>sdX</replaceable></userinput> <prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>sync</userinput> </screen></informalexample> -</para> +</para><important><para> + +Simply writing the CD or DVD image to USB like this should work fine +for most users. The other options below are more complex, mainly for +people with specialised needs. + +</para></important> </sect2> |