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authorAlyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>2017-04-03 10:23:37 -0700
committerAlyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>2017-04-03 10:23:37 -0700
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@@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:
$ dmesg
-Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:\
+Check lsblk to confirm which drive it is:
+
$ lsblk
Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For
-example:\
+example:
+
$ sudo umount /dev/sdX\*
# umount /dev/sdX\*
dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing your
-distro ISO to it with dd. For example:\
+distro ISO to it with dd. For example:
+
$ sudo dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync
# dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync
@@ -73,17 +76,21 @@ Prepare the USB drive (in LibertyBSD or OpenBSD)
If you downloaded your ISO on a LibertyBSD or OpenBSD system, here is
how to create the bootable GNU+Linux USB drive:
-Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:\
+Connect the USB drive. Check dmesg:
+
$ dmesg | tail
-Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:\
+Check to confirm which drive it is, for example, if you think its sd3:
+
$ disklabel sd3
Check that it wasn't automatically mounted. If it was, unmount it. For
-example:\
+example:
+
$ doas umount /dev/sd3i
dmesg told you what device it is. Overwrite the drive, writing the
-OpenBSD installer to it with dd. For example:\
+OpenBSD installer to it with dd. For example:
+
$ doas dd if=gnulinux.iso of=/dev/rsdXc bs=1M; sync
You should now be able to boot the installer from your USB drive.