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diff --git a/content/articles/arch-installation.md b/content/articles/arch-installation.md index cf183cb..57c7196 100644 --- a/content/articles/arch-installation.md +++ b/content/articles/arch-installation.md @@ -202,20 +202,14 @@ exit poweroff ``` -Optionally the QEMU image can be converted to a binary image to flash it to a -physical drive like an USB stick or SSD. +The virtual machine image can be written to a physical drive like a boot stick +or SSD with `qemu-img`. For that the `/dev/null` in the following command has +to be replaced by the path to the correct drive. A mistake here might lead to +the destruction of the current system with no way back. Use with care and only +if you know what you are doing. ``` -qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O raw archlinux.qcow2 archlinux.img -``` - -This image can be written to the target device (`/dev/sdb` in this case). It is -very important to select the correct target and triple-check the following -command before execution. If the currently used system is the target it is -simply overwritten without any way back! - -``` -dd if=archlinux.img of=/dev/sdb bs=512 status=progress +qemu-img dd -f qcow2 -O raw if=archlinux.qcow2 of=/dev/null ``` Otherwise the virtual machine image can be started again with QEMU without the |