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readme: Document APT install location for rpiboot utilities
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If no arguments are specified rpiboot will attempt to boot the mass-storage-gadget
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from `INSTALL_PREFIX/share/mass-storage-gadget64`.
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The Raspberry Pi OS APT package sets `INSTALL_PREFIX` to `/usr`
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### Linux / Cygwin / WSL
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Clone this repository on your Pi or other Linux machine.
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Make sure that the system date is set correctly, otherwise Git may produce an error.
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| [rpi-imager-embedded](rpi-imager-embedded/README.md) | Runs the embedded version of Raspberry Pi Imager on the target device |
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| [secure-boot-example](secure-boot-example/README.md) | Simple Linux initrd with a UART console. |
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The APT package for `rpiboot` installs these utilities directories to `/usr/share/rpiboot`
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## Booting Linux
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The `RPIBOOT` protocol provides a virtual file system to the Raspberry Pi bootloader and GPU firmware. It's therefore possible to
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boot Linux. To do this, you will need to copy all of the files from a Raspberry Pi boot partition plus create your own

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