Author: wmb Date: 2009-07-16 20:58:55 +0200 (Thu, 16 Jul 2009) New Revision: 1238
Modified: cpu/x86/pc/biosload/HOWTO_USB_boot.txt Log: HOWTO_USB_boot: fixed error in syslinux usage description
Modified: cpu/x86/pc/biosload/HOWTO_USB_boot.txt =================================================================== --- cpu/x86/pc/biosload/HOWTO_USB_boot.txt 2009-07-03 05:58:09 UTC (rev 1237) +++ cpu/x86/pc/biosload/HOWTO_USB_boot.txt 2009-07-16 18:58:55 UTC (rev 1238) @@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
* Unmount any filesystems that are currently mounted on the USB drive
-* Find the USB drive's device name. It will probably be something like /dev/sda . You want the name of the whole drive (just sda), NOT a subordinate partition (NOT sda1). +* Find the device name for the partition containing the filesystem on the USB drive. It will probably be something like /dev/sda1 . If the device is partitioned, you want the name of the partition (e.g. /dev/sda1). If the device is not partitioned, you want the name of the whole drive (e.g. /dev/sda).
-* Run this command, replacing "/dev/sda" with the appropriate device name for your USB drive: +* Run this command, replacing "/dev/sda1" with the appropriate device name for your USB drive:
- $ syslinux /dev/sda + $ syslinux /dev/sda1
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