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Subject: Re: [9front] 9front FQA 4.2, bootable installation media
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copying the iso into the flash drive only works if you don't already
have a partition layout you want to keep on the drive.

On 2/10/17, Nicolas Owens <mischief@offblast.org> wrote:
> http://fqa.9front.org/fqa4.html#4.2 is now out of date, as the 9front
> ISO now includes the boot hack required that allows simply writing the
> .iso file to a usb flash drive, rather than having to set up the fat by
> hand.
>
> while the procedure might be useful to document, writing the iso to a
> usb flash drive is vastly simpler, especially for new users.
>
> additionally, there's no mention that the procedure described can't be
> done from an ISO, because the filesystem is read only, and 'mk' can't be
> used to compile the '9bootfat mbr pbs' without extra work.
>