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nixos/doc: bs=1000000 for dd args (#54280)

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Not all dd implementations take ‘bs=1m’. Better to just list it out
fully to reduce potential for problems.

Fixes #54181.
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Matthew Bauer 2019-01-18 12:19:00 -05:00 committed by Danylo Hlynskyi
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nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing-usb.xml
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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $ diskutil list
[..]
$ diskutil unmountDisk diskN
Unmount of all volumes on diskN was successful
$ sudo dd bs=1m if=nix.iso of=/dev/rdiskN
$ sudo dd bs=1000000 if=nix.iso of=/dev/rdiskN
</programlisting>
Using the 'raw' <command>rdiskN</command> device instead of
<command>diskN</command> completes in minutes instead of hours. After