From 9f11caaf730505a7c8007d703875d24e2f69d0f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Owen Carter Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 13:51:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md dont hardcode sd card device --- README.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 81e68f4..ab9d779 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ If you have a Linux compatible USB Ethernet adapter you can attach that to the s You will need a suitable machine to download the image file to, with a SD card writer so the image can be written. - The instructions below are for a generic Linux system with a sd card writer. - As ever with this sort of operation make *absolutely* sure you are using the correct disk device when writing. - - The example here assumes `/dev/mmcblk0`, which is the inbuilt SD card slot on *my* system. ymmv. - Windows users need to ignore the linux steps and use a tool such as Belena Etcher or similar to burn the SD card, before skipping to [first boot](#first-boot). Get the image file; (as of 2-Sep-2024 the url below works). @@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ $ wget https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release/ubuntu-24.04.1-preinsta Unpack and copy the downloaded image to the SD card: ```text -$ xzcat ubuntu-24.04.1-preinstalled-server-riscv64+licheerv.img.xz | sudo dd bs=8M conv=fsync status=progress of=/dev/mmcblk0 +$ xzcat ubuntu-24.04.1-preinstalled-server-riscv64+licheerv.img.xz | sudo dd bs=8M conv=fsync status=progress of=/dev/ ``` If you are going to configure Wifi/Network via the console or using a USB Ethernet adapter you can skip to [`First Boot`](#first-boot) below.