Bug#988472: Bug#604839: [installation-guide] Planned overhaul of chapter 4.3 "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting"
On Sat 02 Oct 2021 at 19:48:41 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> Hi,
Hello Holger,
> I'm thinking about (long overdue) updating chapter
> https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch04s03.html
> "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting".
I am working from
https://people.debian.org/~holgerw/
and will devote this mail to comments on the introductory section and
section 4.3.1.
> You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped
> by running the command dmesg after inserting it.
I would add lsblk, with a link to its manual page.
You should be able to see to which device the USB stick was mapped
by running the command lsblk before and after inserting it. The
output of dmesg (as root) is another discovery method.
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> If you use the wrong device the result could be that all information
> on for example a hard disk could be lost.
Surely it would be quite surprising if all information was not lost?
Why not continue the dire warning, particularly as the process is done
as root? "would" instead of "could"?
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> Debian installation images for this architecture are created using
> the “isohybrid”...
I do not understand why "isohybrid" needs to be enclosed in double
quotes. Two links:
https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/Debian_USB_install_from_hybrid_iso/
https://blog.einval.com/2011/01/07
I have forgotten whether the Guide policy allows referencing pages
outside the Debian infrastructure.
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> If you have chosen the mini.iso to be written the USB stick, the
> second partition doesn't have to be created, as - very nice - ...
The original ("very nicely") is OK and better English (IMO).
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Regards,
Brian.
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