From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 03:35:05 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7122343C; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 03:35:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5D9052178; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 03:35:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s5A3Z5lr017719; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 03:35:05 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s5A3Z53X017717; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 03:35:05 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201406100335.s5A3Z53X017717@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 03:35:05 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45040 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 03:35:05 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Tue Jun 10 03:35:04 2014 New Revision: 45040 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45040 Log: Update the section on using dd(1) to write the USB stick. Add a note on using sync(8) on Linux, and fix some terminology. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Tue Jun 10 03:24:13 2014 (r45039) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Tue Jun 10 03:35:04 2014 (r45040) @@ -510,24 +510,24 @@ match exactly. If the checksums do not match, the file is corrupt and should be downloaded again. - - Burning an Image File to <acronym>USB</acronym> + + Writing an Image File to <acronym>USB</acronym> - Since the *.img file is an + The *.img file is an image of the complete contents of a - memory stick, it cannot just be copied - to the target device. Several applications are available - for burning the *.img to a + memory stick. It cannot be copied + to the target device as a file. Several applications are available + for writing the *.img to a USB stick. This section describes two of these utilities. Before proceeding, back up any important data on the - USB stick as this procedure will erase + USB stick. This procedure will erase the existing data on the stick. - + Using <command>dd</command> to Write the Image @@ -540,8 +540,8 @@ - The dd command-line utility is - included on BSD, Linux, and &macos; systems. To burn + The &man.dd.1; command-line utility is + available on BSD, &linux;, and &macos; systems. To burn the image using dd, insert the USB stick and determine its device name. Then, specify the name of the downloaded @@ -553,11 +553,13 @@ &prompt.root; dd if=FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=64k - Should this command fail, verify that the + If this command fails, verify that the USB stick is not mounted and that the - device name is for the disk, not a partition. Depending - upon the operating system, this command may need to be - issued using sudo. + device name is for the disk, not a partition. Some + operating systems might require this command to be run + with &man.sudo.8;. Systems like &linux; might buffer + writes. To force all writes to complete, use + &man.sync.8;. @@ -897,9 +899,9 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID This section shows the order of the bsdinstall menus and the type of information that will be asked before the system is installed. - Use the arrow keys to highlight a menu option, then the - Space key to select or deselect that menu item. - When finished, use Enter to save the selection + Use the arrow keys to highlight a menu option, then + Space to select or deselect that menu item. + When finished, press Enter to save the selection and move onto the next screen.