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Subject: Re: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for
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Formula 1 writes:
 > Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick?
 > 

There's a pretty simple script here that builds a bootable usb stick.

  http://yds.coolrat.org/zfsboot.shtml

While you're there, there's a second script for setting up a mostly
ZFS based system, it's a bit behind the time given the zfs boot code
work going on in -CURRENT, but still seems pretty relevant if you're
in -STABLE world.

g.