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@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ as follows, after having made sure that the stick is unmounted:
</para><important><para>
+The image must be written to the whole-disk device and not a
+partition, e.g. /dev/sdb and not /dev/sdb1.
+
+</para></important><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.