From 011f72df1afdef0d516f533a6372488519161d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chloe Kudryavtsev Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:12:26 -0500 Subject: [Installing] Simplify wording Regarding specialized dd-like utilities. --- modules/Installing/pages/medium.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/modules/Installing/pages/medium.adoc b/modules/Installing/pages/medium.adoc index 8b56044..772c344 100644 --- a/modules/Installing/pages/medium.adoc +++ b/modules/Installing/pages/medium.adoc @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ You can either flash it to a usb stick, or burn it to a physical cd/dvd. On Windows and MacOS hosts, it is most convenient to use a dedicated utility, such as https://www.balena.io/etcher/[Etcher]. See that project's documentation in case any further details are required. -On Linux hosts, various utilities such as that have many dependencies that may not be fulfilled. +On Linux hosts, such utilities have many dependencies and might not be installed by default. As such, it is also possible to use the `dd` utility. You must figure out the physical "device node" of your USB drive. This will usually be in the form of `/dev/sdX`, where X is a lowercase letter, such as a, b or c. -- cgit v1.2.3