From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 23:31:33 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 3231A16A417 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 23:31:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from smtp1.bethere.co.uk (smtp1.betherenow.co.uk [87.194.0.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2F0813C478 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 23:31:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.71] (87-194-3-32.bethere.co.uk [87.194.3.32]) by smtp1.bethere.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A0B298073; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 23:31:31 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <477D7053.5030606@onetel.com> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:31:31 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071228) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <195284.54898.qm@web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <477D6352.5090409@sequestered.net> In-Reply-To: <477D6352.5090409@sequestered.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Simeon Nifos , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 23:31:33 -0000 Jay Chandler wrote: > Simeon Nifos wrote: >> 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. >> >> >> >> > > 1. What are you installing off the second CD? > > 2. A 1 CD install takes all of ten minutes; how much faster were you > hoping for it to get? > 3. Someone posted this link the other day to make a DVD iso... http://www.pa.msu.edu/~tigner/bsddvd.html Chris