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| author | Samuel Dionne-Riel <samuel@dionne-riel.com> | 2018-10-02 20:14:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Graham Christensen <graham@grahamc.com> | 2018-10-03 22:57:04 -0400 |
| commit | 91c3bc1dfe73039fe3349596daabd06001cfaec1 (patch) | |
| tree | fc9ea662038e9484fa9fe1a69c5f1908a8a286e6 | |
| parent | doc: Reviews partitioning instructions to use parted. (diff) | |
| download | nixpkgs-91c3bc1dfe73039fe3349596daabd06001cfaec1.tar.gz | |
doc: installing-usb: removes notes about unetbootin.
They are known to cause more issues than solving issues; futhermore
using `dd` should work everywhere without fail.
(cherry picked from commit 8467dc857bd1cc9c54a15cd36c062554b61234cf)
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml index 4315eb5942b9..0b311189430c 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml @@ -36,34 +36,5 @@ $ sudo dd bs=1m if=nix.iso of=/dev/rdiskN <para> The <command>dd</command> utility will write the image verbatim to the drive, making it the recommended option for both UEFI and non-UEFI installations. - For non-UEFI installations, you can alternatively use - <link xlink:href="http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/">unetbootin</link>. If - you cannot use <command>dd</command> for a UEFI installation, you can also - mount the ISO, copy its contents verbatim to your drive, then either: - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para> - Change the label of the disk partition to the label of the ISO (visible - with the blkid command), or - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - Edit <filename>loader/entries/nixos-livecd.conf</filename> on the drive - and change the <literal>root=</literal> field in the - <literal>options</literal> line to point to your drive (see the - documentation on <literal>root=</literal> in - <link xlink:href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt"> - the kernel documentation</link> for more details). - </para> - </listitem> - <listitem> - <para> - If you want to load the contents of the ISO to ram after bootin (So you - can remove the stick after bootup) you can append the parameter - <literal>copytoram</literal> to the <literal>options</literal> field. - </para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> </para> </section> |