Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:09:51 +0000 From: Eric Roseman <Eric.Roseman@Colorado.EDU> To: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: failed memstick install Message-ID: <201404010309.s3139plM020883@refuge.colorado.edu>
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The article suggests to 'dd' the image with=20 dd if=3D8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=3D/dev/sdf bs=3D10240 conv=3Dsy= nc In the official handbook, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html the advice is to dd the image with: dd if=3DFreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=3D/dev/da0 bs=3D64k is the handbook incorrect? Thanks, Eric > hello eric, please check out the article at; > http://techpad.co.uk/content.php?sid=3D78 >=20 > at the bottom of that article is the exact invocation of 'dd' > required to write the memstick image to a usb drive. >=20 > all the best, >=20 > ~mayuresh >=20 > On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 01:19:33AM +0000, Eric Roseman wrote: > > Hello, > >=20 > > I've recently installed FreeBSD 10.0 using the memstick image > > and following the install directions in the handbook as closely as > > possible. After rebooting the screen displays "Operating System Not Fou= nd" > > and refuses to boot. I've double checked the bios settings to ensue thi= s > > disk is the default boot target and tested booting from both legacy bio= s > > and UEFI to no avail. The system is a lenove thinkpad x120e. I'm curiou= s > > if this is a bug in the installer anyone else has experienced. > >=20 > > I created the usb install flash drive with the following command: > >=20 > > dd if=3DFreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=3D/dev/<usbdevice>= bs=3D64k > >=20 > > Then confirmed the sha256 checksum of both the 'if' and 'of' targets. I > > also tried with multiple different usb flash drives. > >=20 > > For a majority of the steps during the install I selected the > > default/recommended options and chose the guided partitioning method > > with a default layout using the entire disk which created a GPT layout > > with three partitions freebsd-boot, freebsd-ufs, and freebsd-swap. The > > install process finished without error. Is there a boot flag I need to > > set on the freebsd-boot partition? > >=20 > > Thanks, > >=20 > > Eric > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" =
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