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Describe setup for Pico on Linux #434

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I have added documentation about flashing the Pico on a Linux machine
with detailed commands and procedures. All commands and error messages
have been verified on my own machine.


To fix this problem, you need to mount the volume after restarting the Pico while holding down the `BOOTSEL` button. You can do this manually, but it
is better to edit the `/etc/fstab` file to allow users to do this themselves. You can do this by adding a line like this to `/etc/fstab`:
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add bash code identfier here

place such as `/mnt/RPI-RP2`, but it can also be in the directory where you expect to run `tinygo`. You will also need to create a directory with the path
`/path/to/volume/RPI-RP2`. Once you have done this and after restarting the Pico in
`BOOTSEL` mode, you should be able to see the Pico's block device using this command
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bash identifier hre too and wherever you run commands to get code colorization

@@ -9,6 +9,58 @@ Flashing to a port may be a source of pain with a unconfigured computer. Here ar

* [Serial port permission problems (Linux)](#permission-denied-linux)
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add a entry in the table here for the section you've added

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Thanks for the suggestions. I will update the pull request soon.

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