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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:26:01 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Eric Roseman <Eric.Roseman@Colorado.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in>
Subject:   Re: failed memstick install
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403312124250.92713@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <201404010309.s3139plM020883@refuge.colorado.edu>
References:  <201404010309.s3139plM020883@refuge.colorado.edu>

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On Tue, 1 Apr 2014, Eric Roseman wrote:

> The article suggests to 'dd' the image with
>
>  dd if=8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdf bs=10240 conv=sync
>
> In the official handbook,
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html
> the advice is to dd the image with:
>
>  dd if=FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=64k
>
> is the handbook incorrect?

No, either will work.  The current version in the Handbook uses larger 
block sizes for a faster copy.



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