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installation: add dd parameter for usb creation
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@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ stick with with the ``dd`` command:
.. code-block:: none
# dd if=/path/to/vyos.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M
# dd if=/path/to/vyos.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=8M; sync
5. Wait until you get the outcome (bytes copied). Be patient, in some
computers it might take more than one minute.
6. Once ``dd`` has finished, plug the USB drive out and plug it into
6. Once ``dd`` has finished, pull the USB drive out and plug it into
the powered-off computer where you want to install (or test) VyOS.
7. Power the computer on, making sure it boots from the USB drive (you
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ macOS and Windows), Rufus_ (for Windows) and `many others`_. You can
follow their instructions to create a bootable USB drive from an .iso
file.
.. hint:: The default username and password for the live system is ``vyos``.
.. hint:: The default username and password for the live system is *vyos*.
.. _permanent_installation:
@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ Configuration
-------------
Step 1: DHCP
""""""""""""
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Configure a DHCP server to provide the client with:
@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ In this example we configured an existent VyOS as the DHCP server:
.. _install_from_tftp:
Step 2: TFTP
""""""""""""
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Configure a TFTP server so that it serves the following:
@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ Example of simple (no menu) configuration file:
APPEND initrd=initrd.img-4.19.54-amd64-vyos boot=live nopersistence noautologin nonetworking fetch=http://address:8000/filesystem.squashfs
Step 3: HTTP
""""""""""""
^^^^^^^^^^^^
As you can read in the configuration file, we are sending ``filesystem.squashfs``
through HTTP. As that is a heavy file, we choose HTTP to speed up the transfer
@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ First run a web server - you can use a simple one like
file. The file can be found inside the ``/live`` directory of the extracted
contents of the ISO file.
Second, edit the configuration file at the :ref:`install_from_tftp` so that it shows
Second, edit the configuration file of the :ref:`install_from_tftp` so that it shows
the correct URL at ``fetch=http://<address_of_your_HTTP_server>/filesystem.squashfs``.
And third, restart the TFTP service. If you are using VyOS as your TFTP Server, you can restart