Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:22:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r52774 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall Message-ID: <201901191922.x0JJMUhn032013@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Sat Jan 19 19:22:30 2019 New Revision: 52774 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52774 Log: Attempt to cope with dd's non-portable bs= constructs FreeBSD accepts both uppercase and lowercase blocksize modifiers, whereas Mac OS and Linux disagree on what case to use. Reported by: Rob Hulley <hulleyrob@gmail.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 Jan 18 13:52:37 2019 (r52773) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Sat Jan 19 19:22:30 2019 (r52774) @@ -585,7 +585,10 @@ <acronym>USB</acronym> stick is not mounted and that the 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 + with &man.sudo.8;. The &man.dd.1; syntax varies slightly + across different platforms; for example, &macos; requires + a lower-case <option>bs=1m</option>. + Systems like &linux; might buffer writes. To force all writes to complete, use &man.sync.8;.</para> </step>
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