On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 at 05:03, Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> wrote: > > I'm thinking about (long overdue) updating chapter > https://d-i.debian.org/doc/installation-guide/en.amd64/ch04s03.html > "Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting".
> - #988472 proposes to no longer use "install-mbr" to install an MBR on the > stick, but use 'cat /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin >/dev/sdX' instead. > Any objections or comments on this? > (Works fine for me so far.) Hello Thank you very much for your work on Debian. I see that the suggestion to use 'cat' comes from #604839. Yes, 'cat' will "work", however I feel there is no good reason to use 'cat' there. Because the purpose of 'cat' is for concatenating multiple files, and it also requires a shell redirection from stdout. Both are unnecessary here. I suggest this command should be used: # cp /usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin /dev/sdX That would be consistent with the similar command used in Section 4.3.1 on the same page: # cp debian.iso /dev/sdX And that is what the 'cp' command is for ... copying files :)
