Bug 980796 - 3.2.2.1.3 Unnecessary steps in instruction to produce USB stick with dd
Summary: 3.2.2.1.3 Unnecessary steps in instruction to produce USB stick with dd
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora Documentation
Classification: Retired
Component: install-guide
Version: devel
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Petr Bokoc
QA Contact: Fedora Docs QA
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Whiteboard:
: 981972 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-07-03 09:08 UTC by Mikhail Gusarov
Modified: 2013-07-25 15:33 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-07-25 15:15:34 UTC
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Description Mikhail Gusarov 2013-07-03 09:08:33 UTC
Description of problem:

Steps 3 (checking partition layout on USB stick) and 4 (checking fs
on a partition on USB stick) are unnecessary: step 5 overwrites whole
USB device and hence previous partition layout and filesystems do not matter
anymore.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Docs for Fedora 19

How reproducible: always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Follow the steps 1, 2 and 5 of instruction
2. Boot the resulting USB device

Actual results:

USB device boots properly

Expected results:

Something should go wrong, as steps in guide were skipped

Additional info:

Comment 1 Petr Bokoc 2013-07-08 07:48:16 UTC
*** Bug 981972 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Petr Bokoc 2013-07-09 18:48:42 UTC
Hello Mikhail,

thank you for reporting this issue. You're indeed right, steps 3 and 4 are unnecessary. The procedure in question has been changed accordingly in commit d881d1643a90911f0ff2ed04fbc71fe1b76c5331.

Comment 3 David Tonhofer 2013-07-09 22:08:18 UTC
Additional note: 

The example given uses a DVD iso image (judging by the label) and I have never once been able to get a bootable stick from a DVD iso image using "dd" alone (dd works perfectly well for CD iso images). 

Can anyone confirm this?

Comment 5 Petr Bokoc 2013-07-25 15:33:12 UTC
It's going to be visible online in an hour.


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