From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 8 15:16:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D4081065679 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:16:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas@gibfest.dk) Received: from mail.tyknet.dk (gw.tyknet.dk [80.62.235.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E9AA8FC18 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:16:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from thomas@gibfest.dk) Received: from mail.tyknet.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gibfest.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EF0B90A for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:44:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.tyknet.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.gibfest.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B490B908 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:43:57 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on doobie.tyknet.cn.dom X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from [10.10.1.111] (tykling.tyknet.cn.dom [10.10.1.111]) by mail.tyknet.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B152BB8A2 for ; Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:43:56 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4915A5B3.2010106@gibfest.dk> Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:44:03 +0100 From: Thomas Rasmussen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <20081107212148.1A47245010@ptavv.es.net> <20081107220102.GA14260@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20081107220102.GA14260@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: Problem with USB drive errors in recent 7-Stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:16:20 -0000 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > (It's ironic that I encountered this issue while working on a document > describing how to put FreeBSD i386, amd64, and MS-DOS on a USB flash > drive, so one could install FreeBSD from it, or boot MS-DOS for BIOS > upgrades) > > Hello, A bit offtopic but may I just say: That sounds great! I've been looking for a document like that. The PCBSD guys have a .img on their site you can just dd to the flash drive, but I haven't been able to get something similar working with plain FreeBSD. It would be very neat to be able to have a couple of USB sticks in the laptop bag with the various "current" installations. Good stuff! Best regards Thomas Rasmussen