Handbook - Typo in Pre-Installation

[Allan Jude]

On 2015-09-05 20:11, Ali Ghahraei wrote:
> Good afternoon.
> 
> I just wanted to inform you about an error in the handbook (or at least I
> think it is one). In "Pre-Installation Tasks" there is a command for
> burning disk images, but it currently is:
> 
> # dd if=*FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img* of=/dev/*da0* bs=1m conv=sync
> 
> And I think it should be:
> 
> # dd if=*FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img* of=/dev/*da0* bs=1M conv=sync
> 
> With a capital m in bs. This is because I tried to use the command and it
> returned dd: invalid number: '1m'.
> 
> I apologize if my English is not too good, but I'm not from an English-speaking
> country. I send you this message because I wanted to help you. I hope it is
> useful :)
> 
> *Ali Ghahraei Figueroa*
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Only the Linux utilities are sensitive to the case of the unit, but yes,
we should change it in the documentation.

-- 
Allan Jude

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