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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how
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On 04/09/2013 00:13, Grant Edwards wrote:
>> Now I'm confused, let's clarify. Which of these meanings of copy are you
>> > using:
>> >
>> > cp my_big.iso /where/i/mounted/the/stick
>> >
>> > dd if=my_big.iso of=/dev/sdb
> Sorry about that.  The latter.  The actual command is shown about 32
> lines up (except that my minimal install .iso was more recent)...

Ah, OK. That makes this whole sub-thread a red-herring that should be
ignored :-)



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