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fqa4.ms: update 4.2.2: now we can simply dd the iso image to the usb device.

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-Booting from USB disk is handled the same way as booting from internal hard drive. In general, the boot process is able to use an ISO image stored on a FAT file system as its root file system, so all that is needed is to install the

+Booting from USB disk is handled the same way as booting from internal hard drive. There are two ways to create a bootable 9front USB:

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+1.) Write the ISO image directly to the USB device. Example:

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+dd < 9front.iso >/dev/sdUxxxxx/data

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+2.) Alternately, the boot process is able to use an ISO image stored on a FAT file system as its root file system, so all that is needed is to install the

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-on the USB disk.

+on the USB disk. The following sections describe this process on Plan 9 and Linux.

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