Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:55:04 -0400 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using the ISO releases on USB sticks. Message-ID: <lv4oa8$md4$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <4D32ABC9-D0D0-48D2-98D3-FF1D72A4261E@gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20140910111010.052bfb38@mail.computinginnovations.com> <A9FD5744-C05D-43C3-815D-F253F9B76FB0@gmail.com> <B7FAE207-78AC-431F-9D33-B8C8C76BD4E1@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409141113370.27884@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014, atar wrote: > >> Just wanted to know please why does the command 'dd >> if=FreeBSD-i386-disc1.iso of=myUSB-stick' doesn't make the USB stick >> bootable like it would does for CDROMs or DVDs? What's the difference >> between CDROM and an USB? > > [top-posting deleted, please don't do that] > > dd just copies bytes from one place to another. An ISO image file is > not bootable from a hard disk or USB stick, which require a different > format and bootcode. > > Some Linux systems use install files that are dual-purpose and can work > from CD or USB. FreeBSD does not do that. > > Some writing utilities can take apart an ISO image and convert it to a > bootable USB stick. I don't know if any of those work for FreeBSD ISO > images any more. There is an FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.0/ Haven't used this approach yet myself (been meaning to try it), but I believe dd'ing this image to the USB stick is what will work. -Mike
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