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installation/live-images/prep: fix hint about block device names
The X in /dev/sdX block names is a letter not a number. See <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Device_file#Block_devices>. The change may prevent confusion for newbies between device name and partition name.
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In the example above, the output shows the USB device as `/dev/sda`. On Linux,
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the path to the device will typically be in the form of `/dev/sdX` (where X is a
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number) for USB devices, `/dev/mmcblkX` for SD cards, or other variations
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letter) for USB devices, `/dev/mmcblkX` for SD cards, or other variations
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depending on the device. You can use the model and size (`7.5GiB` above, after
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the path) to identify the device if you're not sure what path it will have.
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