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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 2015 18:13:09 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r47233 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall
Message-ID:  <201508141813.t7EID9uw083824@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: bcr
Date: Fri Aug 14 18:13:08 2015
New Revision: 47233
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47233

Log:
  Be consistent about the blocksize (1m instead of 64k) and conv=sync
  with the instructions in the release notes when describing how to
  burn the memstick image to a memory stick.
  
  PR:		177431
  Submitted by:	rfg tristatelogic com

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	Fri Aug 14 17:21:22 2015	(r47232)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	Fri Aug 14 18:13:08 2015	(r47233)
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
 	      <acronym>USB</acronym> device on an existing &os;
 	      system.</para>
 
-	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=<replaceable>FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img</replaceable> of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen>
+	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=<replaceable>FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img</replaceable> of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=1m conv=sync</userinput></screen>
 
 	    <para>If this command fails, verify that the
 	      <acronym>USB</acronym> stick is not mounted and that the



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