From 0e9f6357d416d8df83d9b4f6b46957d14800f696 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 20:35:07 +0000 Subject: 1 gb USB key now needed for hd-media. Closes: #666090 --- en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'en/install-methods') diff --git a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml index a4873ca4a..9d00a52da 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ as follows, after having made sure that the stick is unmounted: An alternative way to set up your USB stick is to manually copy the installer files, and also a CD image to it. -Note that the USB stick should be at least 256 MB in size (smaller +Note that the USB stick should be at least 1 GB in size (smaller setups are possible if you follow ). @@ -102,12 +102,10 @@ configuration file. Note that, although convenient, this method does have one major -disadvantage: the logical size of the device will be limited to 256 MB, +disadvantage: the logical size of the device will be limited to 1 GB, even if the capacity of the USB stick is larger. You will need to repartition the USB stick and create new file systems to get its full capacity back if you ever want to use it for some different purpose. -A second disadvantage is that you cannot copy a full CD image onto -the USB stick, but only the smaller businesscard or netinst CD images. @@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ After that, mount the USB memory stick which will now have a FAT filesystem an HFS filesystem -on it, and copy a &debian; netinst or businesscard ISO image to it. +on it, and copy a &debian; ISO image (netinst, businesscard, or full CD) to it. Unmount the stick (umount /mnt) and you are done. -- cgit v1.2.3