Re: Bug#775824: www.debian.org: [CD/faq] be consistent with the installation-guide
On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 00:23 +1100, Stuart Prescott wrote:
> Package: www.debian.org
> Severity: normal
>
> Hi!
>
> In the CD/faq page [1], the instructions for copying the image onto the USB
> stick ("How do I write a CD image to a USB flash drive?") are not consistent
> with the instructions in the installation guide [2]. While dd certainly does
> work, it has never been the documented method to copy the image to a USB stick;
> the installation guide uses cp.
People need to be warned that a flash drive is only useful for the
initial installation and cannot be used for installing additional
software. Of course extra software can be downloaded if required.
Phil.
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