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authorSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2012-02-21 19:49:36 +0000
committerSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2012-02-21 19:49:36 +0000
commit8c65de0539b3df0d14bf24860bf8908687a8ec24 (patch)
tree113abb320756e4af0eb59296996b86f92545de93 /en
parentc42fc84b43df8cc6683e77451283c95b56e13dd2 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-8c65de0539b3df0d14bf24860bf8908687a8ec24.zip
Use dd of= instead of cat >, to save users who use sudo. Closes: #660776.
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-rw-r--r--en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
index 5bc2a14f8..7fe61b691 100644
--- a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
+++ b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ GNU/Linux system, the CD or DVD image file can be written to a USB stick
as follows:
<informalexample><screen>
-# cat <replaceable>debian.iso</replaceable> &gt; /dev/<replaceable>sdX</replaceable>
-# sync
+<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>dd if=<replaceable>debian.iso</replaceable> of=/dev/<replaceable>sdX</replaceable></userinput>
+<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>sync</userinput>
</screen></informalexample>
</para>