[readme-burning-isos] Removing some unneeded steps in the dd procedure. The filesystem type on the media _before_ writing

Pete Travis immanetize at fedoraproject.org
Sat Dec 14 20:49:20 UTC 2013


commit 1a34687dcf88ca972057400b77516dde1e95a819
Author: Pete Travis <immanetize at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Sat Dec 14 13:49:14 2013 -0700

    Removing some unneeded steps in the dd procedure. The filesystem type on the media _before_ writing the image doesn't really matter, since it gets overwritten anyway.

 en-US/Procedure-dd_Image_to_USB.xml |   36 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Procedure-dd_Image_to_USB.xml b/en-US/Procedure-dd_Image_to_USB.xml
index e809875..4cf9b18 100644
--- a/en-US/Procedure-dd_Image_to_USB.xml
+++ b/en-US/Procedure-dd_Image_to_USB.xml
@@ -19,24 +19,28 @@
 			</step>
 		 <step>
 			<para>
-				 Your flash drive must have a single partition with a vfat file system. To determine how it is formatted, find the name of this partition and the device itself by running <command>dmesg</command> shortly after connecting the drive. The device name (similar to <filename>/dev/sdc</filename>) and the partition name (similar to <filename>/dev/sdc1</filename>) both appear in several lines towards the end of the output.
+        Because your flash drive will be completely overwritten by this procedure, it is important to specify the correct drive. Run the command <command>dmesg</command> shortly after connecting the drive. The output will identify the <systemitem>device node</systemitem> of the drive, in this case <literal>/dev/sdc</literal>:
+      </para>
+        <screen>
+          [36255.217474] usb 2-1.7: Manufacturer: Kingston
+          [36255.217476] usb 2-1.7: SerialNumber: 0019E06B0848SK88050A1E7C
+          [36255.218125] usb-storage 2-1.7:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
+          [36255.218188] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-1.7:1.0
+          [36256.221078] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kingston DT 101 II        1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
+          [36256.221399] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
+          [36256.222051] sd 7:0:0:0: [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>] 3930112 512-byte logical blocks: (2.01 GB/1.87 GiB)
+          [36256.222815] [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>]d 7:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off
+          [36256.222818] sd 7:0:0:0: [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>] Mode Sense: 22 00 00 00
+          [36256.223547] sd 7:0:0:0: [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>] No Caching mode page found
+          [36256.223550] sd 7:0:0:0: [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>] Assuming drive cache: write through
+          [36256.226945] sd 7:0:0:0: [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>] No Caching mode page found
+          [36256.226947] sd 7:0:0:0: [<emphasis>sdd</emphasis>sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through
+          [36256.483172]  sdd: sdd1
+        </screen>
+        <para>
+         The device name (similar to <filename>/dev/sdd</filename>) and the partition name (similar to <filename>/dev/sdc1</filename>) both appear in several lines towards the end of the output. You will use the device name, the procedure will be creating a new partition.
 			 </para>	 
 		</step>
-		<step>
-			<para>
-				Use the partition name to ensure that the file system type of the USB flash drive is vfat.
-			</para>
-<screen><command># blkid <replaceable>partition</replaceable></command></screen>
-			<para>
-				You should now see a message similar to:
-<screen>LABEL="LIVE" UUID="6676-27D3" TYPE="vfat"</screen>
-			</para>
-			<para>
-			  If TYPE is anything other than vfat (for example, TYPE="iso9660"), clear the first blocks of the USB flash drive:
-			</para>
-			    <screen><command># dd if=/dev/zero of=<replaceable>partition</replaceable> bs=1M count=100</command></screen>
-		 </step>
-
 		 <step>
 			<para>
 				Use the <command>dd</command> command to transfer the boot ISO image to the USB device:


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