en-US/Making_USB_media.xml | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 7d048d28d255c0ec7424998192a2ff196fece97a
Author: Ruediger Landmann <r.landmann(a)redhat.com>
Date: Wed Jan 13 16:15:57 2010 +1000
Remove reference to unetbootin -- patch by Ricky Zhou <ricky(a)fedoraproject.org>
diff --git a/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml b/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml
index f617e54..0ab569c 100644
--- a/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml
+++ b/en-US/Making_USB_media.xml
@@ -167,10 +167,7 @@
<section>
<title>Live USB creation in other Linux distributions</title>
<para>
- To create Fedora live USB media on a computer that uses a Linux distribution other
than Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and those derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
you can either find a graphical tool designed for your operating system or use the
command-line procedure detailed in this section.
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>UNetbootin</application> is a free and open-source graphical
tool that can create live USB media from live image files on computers that use a wide
range of different Linux distributions. Refer to the documentation provided with
<application>UNetbootin</application> for more information on how to use it.
+ To create Fedora live USB media on a computer that uses a Linux distribution other
than Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and those derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
you can use one of the two the command-line procedures detailed in this section.
</para>
<para>
To create Fedora live USB media at the command line:
@@ -198,7 +195,7 @@
</step>
<step>
<para>
- Many Linux distributions automatically <firstterm>mount</firstterm> USB
media devices when you connect the device to your computer. If this is the case, dismount
the device. The specific method to do this varies widely between Linux distributions and
desktops. Some common methods include:
+ Many Linux distributions automatically <firstterm>mount</firstterm> USB
media devices when you connect the device to your computer. If this is the case, unmount
the device. The specific method to do this varies widely between Linux distributions and
desktops. Some common methods include:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -271,6 +268,9 @@
</para>
<screen>./livecd-iso-to-disk
/home/<replaceable>Username</replaceable>/Downloads/Fedora-&PRODVER;-i686-Live.iso
/dev/sdc1</screen>
</example>
+ <para>
+ Alternatively, the Fedora live CDs have been designed to be written straight to disk
using the <command>dd</command> command. To create a Fedora Live USB using
this method, run <command>su -c 'dd
if=<replaceable>/path/to/image/file/imagefile.iso</replaceable>
of=<replaceable>device</replaceable>'</command> where
<filename><replaceable>/path/to/image/file</replaceable></filename>
is the location of the image file that you downloaded and
<filename><replaceable>device</replaceable></filename> is the USB
media device.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
</section>
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