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[John Avery <1879063@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

In the AMD64 docs, [4.3. Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick
Booting](https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-
guide/amd64/ch04s03.html) prominently lists this command as a way of
writing the image to a USB stick: "# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX".  The
result was something that my Dell Inspiron 7577 did not recognize as a
UEFI boot device.

I fell back to creating the USB installer on Windows, using the advice
in https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows

I don't know what a successful technique for creating a USB installer
using Linux is, but I do know that the "cp" method given in this
documentation page is not it.

** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting should not mention "cp"

Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In the AMD64 docs, [4.3. Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick
  Booting](https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-
  guide/amd64/ch04s03.html) prominently lists this command as a way of
  writing the image to a USB stick: "# cp debian.iso /dev/sdX".  The
  result was something that my Dell Inspiron 7577 did not recognize as a
  UEFI boot device.

  I fell back to creating the USB installer on Windows, using the advice
  in https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows

  I don't know what a successful technique for creating a USB installer
  using Linux is, but I do know that the "cp" method given in this
  documentation page is not it.

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