From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 21 19:29:06 2011 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 87539106564A for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:29:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xaero@xaerolimit.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBDA8FC0A for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:29:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk8 with SMTP id 8so660173gxk.13 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:29:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.42.176.5 with SMTP id bc5mr1249557icb.451.1295638145205; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:29:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.229.202 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:28:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1295637784.19170.77.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <4D383E51.9060800@ifdnrg.com> <1295551484.19170.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1295637784.19170.77.camel@localhost.localdomain> From: Chris Brennan Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:28:44 -0500 Message-ID: To: Devin Teske Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Paul Macdonald , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rescue cd with networkign and ssh! 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: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:29:06 -0000 On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > How to get this onto a thumb drive (using FreeBSD): > > Step 1: Download DruidBSD-1.0b1.iso > > Step 2: Insert your USB thumb drive. > > Step 3: Execute: camcontrol devlist > NOTE: find the `daN' device associated with your thumb drive > > Step 4: Execute: dd if=DruidBSD-1.0b1.iso of=/dev/da5 > NOTE: assuming that `da5' is your thumb drive > > Step 5: Execute: echo "p 2 0x0c * *" | fdisk -f - /dev/da5 > NOTE: again, assuming `da5' is your thumb drive > > Step 6: Execute: newfs_msdos /dev/da5s2 > NOTE: again, assuming `da5' is your thumb drive > > That's it. You now have a thumb drive with: > > a. An invisible boot partition for booting into DruidBSD > b. The remainder of unused space allocated as a DOS-compatible > partition, usable under Mac, Windows, Linux, and UNIX. > > When you plug the thumbdrive into any computer, it may appear to the > untrained eye that it's a blank thumb drive. Little do they know that > there's an invisible bootable partition chalk-full of utilities and a > full BSD distro. > > NOTE: If want a UFS partition instead of a W95 FAT LBA partition, change > the above "p 2 0x0c * *" to instead "p 2 0xa5 * *" and also change > "newfs_msdos" to instead "newfs". Sweet, this is exactly what I needed. >