Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 15:36:22 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: 1 0 <0110001101100100b@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE Announcement - Typo Message-ID: <20101008152938.I59829@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20101007204627.GA19849@icarus.home.lan> References: <AANLkTimUX8q3URrDg_CJmBXS_04_i0k=suX_tBcuitPD@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=xyr=AE_Y%2B6gnzwSFHyMKd4K6bMZ9g8mO7suYp@mail.gmail.com> <20101007204627.GA19849@icarus.home.lan>
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On Thu, 7 Oct 2010, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:59:21PM +0000, 1 0 wrote: > > There is a typo in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE Announcement: > > > > # dd if=8.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=10240 conv=sync > > > > should be > > > > # dd if=8.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1024k conv=sync > > AFAIK, this isn't a typo. 10240 is correct (10KiB), but I don't know the rationale for that size. The typo is that, as per the release announcement, all of the filenames are now preceded by 'FreeBSD-'. I let Ken know ages ago, but suppose I should have submitted a PR .. cheers, Ian
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