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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>
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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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