[SCM] live-manual branch, debian, updated. debian/2.0_a9-1-8-gd1b553a

Ben Armstrong synrg at debian.org
Thu Oct 28 00:43:37 UTC 2010


The following commit has been merged in the debian branch:
commit 889c2d45114dc4c5fd85b924cd9bcc5d05a94fe8
Author: Ben Armstrong <synrg at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 27 21:34:38 2010 -0300

    Adding ISO hybrid.

diff --git a/manual/en/user_basics.ssi b/manual/en/user_basics.ssi
index c80f2bb..df960fb 100644
--- a/manual/en/user_basics.ssi
+++ b/manual/en/user_basics.ssi
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ _* live-build will build the system image from your specifications, setup a Linu
 
 2~ First steps: building an ISO image
 
-The following sequence of commands, provided by live-build, will create a basic ISO image containing just the Debian standard system without X.org. It is suitable for burning to CD or DVD media.
+The following sequence of live-build commands will create a basic ISO hybrid image containing just the Debian standard system without X.org. It is suitable for burning to CD or DVD media, and also to copy onto a USB stick (as per {Copying USB/HDD image to a USB stick}#copying-usb-hdd-image, specifying ".iso" extension where ".img" is indicated).
 
 First, we run the #{lb config}# command which will create a "config/" hierarchy in the current directory for use by other commands:
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ $ wodim binary.iso
 
 2~ Building an USB/HDD image
 
-The following sequence of commands will create a basic USB/HDD image containing just the Debian standard system without X.org. It is suitable for booting from USB sticks, USB hard drives, and various other portable storage devices.
+The following sequence of commands will create a basic USB/HDD image containing just the Debian standard system without X.org. It is suitable for booting from USB sticks, USB hard drives, and various other portable storage devices. Normally, an ISO hybrid image can be used for this purpose instead, but if you have a BIOS which does not handle hybrid images properly, or want to use the remaining space on the media for a persistence partition, you need a USB/HDD image.
 
 Note if you created an iso image with the previous example, you will need to clean up your working directory with the #{lb clean} command (see {The lb clean command}#lb-clean ):
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ code{
 
 }code
 
-3~ Copying USB/HDD image to a USB stick
+3~copying-usb-hdd-image Copying USB/HDD image to a USB stick
 
 The generated binary image contains a VFAT partition and the syslinux bootloader, ready to be directly written on an USB stick. Plug in an USB stick with a size larger than that of binary.img and type:
 

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