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+# USB boot code
+
+This is the USB MSD boot code which should work on the model A Raspberry Pi
+
+## Building
+
+Check out this on your Pi or an Ubuntu linux machine
+
+```
+$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools
+$ cd usbboot
+$ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
+$ make
+$ sudo ./rpiboot
+
+