From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 21:58:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD81E16A419 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:58:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from archwndas@yahoo.com) Received: from web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.97.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 751F613C457 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:58:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from archwndas@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 55413 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Jan 2008 21:31:36 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=is6aVKYLAA6u3xXl4OiWnpNGRtsC4xa3zbub2F0c4YW2dqH4zzOE85mkA25tNUG7TS/qvqTwHFmB+zDb4JyUWP/HTQ0j8odE76PZmevD1L7wdWEsovduwC5KkfH8RX2fo5JDtArixgxOJOx8DA9RY7uLLwQcp/EQMKe05Fuzfek=; X-YMail-OSG: 1sShD.YVM1nc2DA36BEHogS00WO8facw4R4O7KP_mPVEK_gx0KJjwKzavW6mjRcUgM_5yknjG2Ln._kllDK1kQSWakvgtkqiRXpvAvkmZG_3pMp7yxjGlWpvHg3W3VIA8dP2GxhNnskV17k7.PruiwqK2A-- Received: from [85.74.246.133] by web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:31:36 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/818.31 YahooMailWebService/0.7.158.1 Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:31:36 -0800 (PST) From: Simeon Nifos To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <195284.54898.qm@web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Subject: install FreeBSD from isos on USB hard-drive partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:58:18 -0000 Dear FreeBSD users, We all know that installing any OS from DVD isos and/or CD isos takes time. Especially FreeBSD still doesn't provide even a DVD iso and it is hard to change CDs during the installation. Even if a DVD iso is provided it takes time to install. I was wondering if anyone of you ever managed to "write" somehow the isos on a USB hard-disk or USB-flash partition and perform the installation from there. Be careful, I am not saying to install FreeBSD on a USB drive, I am asking if it is possible to transfer somehow the isos on the USB hard-drive or USB-flash drive and then boot from it as if I was booting from the FreeBSD CD iso and perform the installation of FreeBSD on my hard disk. I hope that if this is achieved somehow, the installation will spead up significantly. So is it possible? Best, Archwn. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ