Re: Bug#762024: installation-guide-amd64: Please add caution warning to instructions to create a usb bootable stick
On 17-09-2014 21:22, Prekates Alexandros wrote:
Package: installation-guide-amd64
Severity: normal
In Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide in section 4.3.1 Preparing a USB stick
using a hybrid CD or DVD image [1]
it says:
# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX
# sync
Unfortunately i used /dev/sdb1 spenting a couple of hours
trying to figure out why my mobo would boot my usb flash with
the debian image resulting in the thread:
''USB bootable debian stick wont boot on 890FXA-GD65 mobo''[2]
in the debian-user list where after some messages a friend send
me an analytical example [3] understanding my error which in short
was that i wrote the image to a partition not to the whole drive.
So i think that it'd be helpfull the aforementioned 4.3.1 paragraph
to have a warning of caution to use the name of disk not partition.
I know that in better days with less fatique and more time i could have
think of my mistake but under pressure i blindly followed the manual
substituting the 'X' with what ever i like.
I've took a look to the text and to be honest it seems OK.
sdX it's a common nomenclature in *nix-world, the paragraph uses the
term USB stick and not partition.
On top of the page/chapter (4.3) there's the explanation for the
nomenclature used, see:
http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ch04s03.html
"[...] When the USB stick is inserted, it will be mapped to a device
named /dev/sdX, where the “X” is a letter in the range a-z. [...]"
Nevertheless if you really feel the instructions can be improved, here's
a proposal using "USB stick device" (added "device"):
Index: install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml
===================================================================
--- install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml (revisão 69341)
+++ install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml (cópia de trabalho)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
The CD or DVD image you choose should be written directly to the USB
stick,
overwriting its current contents. For example, when using an existing
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:
+device as follows, after having made sure that the stick is unmounted:
<informalexample><screen>
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>cp <replaceable>debian.iso</replaceable>
/dev/<replaceable>sdX</replaceable></userinput>
Alexandros Prekates
http://librebytes.gr
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Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,
Miguel Figueiredo
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