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--- documentation:end-users_docs [2024/10/18 01:28] – [Filename convention] olivier
+++ documentation:end-users_docs [2025/09/28 08:54] (current) – [Filename convention] olivier
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 BSDRP image filenames follow this pattern:
-BSDRP_//release//_//image type//_//arch//_//console//.img.xz
+BSDRP_//release//_//image type//_//arch//.img.xz
 The value //image type// can be:
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 The value //arch// can be:
-  * i386 : For older x86 CPUs (i486, i586, i686).
   * amd64 : For modern x86 64-bit CPUs (Intel and AMD)
+  * aarch64 : For ARM 64-bit CPUs.
-The value //console// can be:
-  * vga: For VGA and keyboard use or KVM, but serial port is also accessible.
-  * serial: For headless systems using only the serial port.
 Examples:
-  * BSDRP_0.3_full_i386_vga.img: Full image for i386, VGA console.
+  * BSDRP_2.0_full_amd64.img: Full image for x86_64.
-  * BSDRP_0.3_upgrade_amd64_serial.img: Upgrade image for amd64, serial console.
+  * BSDRP_2.0_upgrade_aarch64.img: Upgrade image for ARM.
 The *.mtree.xz files are used for system integrity check.
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 == Windows users ==
-Here are the 2 steps for writing the image to a CF/USB removable media:
+Here are the 2 steps for writing the image to a CF/flasg/USB removable media:
-  - Decompress the BSDRP image file [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7-Zip]]: You need to obtain a file with .img extension.
+  - Decompress the BSDRP image using [[http://www.7-zip.org/|7-Zip]] to get a .img file.
-  - Use [[http://win32diskimager.sourceforge.net/|Image Writer for Windows]] for writing the image file .img (**and not the file with .xz extension**) on your CF/USB connected to your PC.
+  - Use [[http://win32diskimager.sourceforge.net/|Image Writer for Windows]] to write the .img file to your CF/flash/USB device.
 == *BSD or Linux users ==
-Connect your Compact Flash or USB disk and write down the device name (can be 'sd4' for an usb key under Linux or 'da0' under FreeBSD as exemple).
+Connect your flash or USB drive and note its device name.
+Decompress the image and copy it to your drive using a byte copy command.
-Then unzip the file and byte copy it to your drive (**Warning: Double check that you had choosen the good destination disk!!!**):
+Then unzip the file and byte copy it to your drive (**Warning: Be sure to double-check the destination disk!**):
 <code>
 xzcat BSDRP_full_amd64_vga.1.0.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sd4 bs=256k