Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:21:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/147347: [patch][handbook] Request for comments on memstick install instructions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007192214230.71753@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4C44F9D3.9060009@gmail.com> References: <4C44F9D3.9060009@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Glen Barber wrote: > The section is currently modeled after the floppy disk install section, which > I did not remove as 7.3-RELEASE still contains the floppy disks on the CD; > though I noted floppy disk images were not included in 8.0 and newer. > > I'd like to get feedback from the documentation community before filing a PR. Filling the first 1K with zeros and labeling and newfs-ing the stick should not be necessary, as the image will overwrite that anyway. For the actual image, conv=sync should not be needed, and might as well use a 64k buffer: <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen>
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