commit 931cb8552c08ac676640a4a49ffad4006911c0b6
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize(a)fedoraproject.org>
Date: Wed Nov 19 22:42:26 2014 -0700
dd is not complex
en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml b/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml
index 0a5c095..68d9f4b 100644
--- a/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml
+++ b/en-US/Preparing_for_Installation.xml
@@ -214,12 +214,7 @@ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
</warning>
<procedure>
<title>Creating USB Media on Windows</title>
- <step>
- <para>
- Download the Fedora image of your choice from <ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora" /> and the corresponding checksum
file from <ulink
url="https://fedoraproject.org/verify " />.
- </para>
- </step>
- <step>
+ <step>
<para>
Download and run the <ulink
url="https://github.com/downloads/openSUSE/kiwi/ImageWriter.exe"...
Studio ImageWriter</application></ulink> or <ulink
url="http://www.netbsd.org/~martin/rawrite32/"><applicati...;.
</para>
@@ -267,6 +262,42 @@ Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
</step>
</procedure>
+ <procedure>
+ <title>Creating USB Media on the Linux command line</title>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Open a terminal window and insert the usb drive.
+ </para>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Find the <systemitem class="resource">device
node</systemitem> assigned to the drive. In the example below, the drive is given
<literal>sdd</literal>.
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>
+<prompt>$ </prompt><command>dmesg|tail</command>
+[288954.686557] usb 2-1.8: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
+[288954.686559] usb 2-1.8: Product: USB Storage
+[288954.686562] usb 2-1.8: SerialNumber: 000000009225
+[288954.712590] usb-storage 2-1.8:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
+[288954.712687] scsi host6: usb-storage 2-1.8:1.0
+[288954.712809] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
+[288954.716682] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
+[288955.717140] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic STORAGE DEVICE 9228 PQ: 0
ANSI: 0
+[288955.717745] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
+[288961.876382] sd 6:0:0:0: <literal>[sdd]</literal> Attached SCSI removable
disk
+ </programlisting>
+ </step>
+ <step>
+ <para>
+ Use the <command>dd</command> utility to write the image.
<emphasis>Make sure you have the right drive!</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <screen>
+ <prompt># </prompt>dd
if=<replaceable>/path/to/Fedora-Live-Security-x86_64-21.iso</replaceable>
of=<replaceable>/dev/sdd</replaceable>
+ </screen>
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+
+