Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:56:02 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/147347: [patch][handbook] Request for comments on memstick install instructions Message-ID: <4C4580C2.5080000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007192214230.71753@wonkity.com> References: <4C44F9D3.9060009@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007192214230.71753@wonkity.com>
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On 7/20/10 12:21 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Glen Barber wrote: > >> The section is currently modeled after the floppy disk install >> section, which I did not remove as 7.3-RELEASE still contains the >> floppy disks on the CD; though I noted floppy disk images were not >> included in 8.0 and newer. >> >> I'd like to get feedback from the documentation community before >> filing a PR. > > Filling the first 1K with zeros and labeling and newfs-ing the stick > should not be necessary, as the image will overwrite that anyway. > > For the actual image, conv=sync should not be needed, and might as well > use a 64k buffer: > > <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd > if=&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img > of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen> > Thanks for the feedback. I have an updated patch available at: http://www.glenbarber.us/docs/handbook.install.sgml.diff Now, when I had done my USB install, I had a problem where the USB stick was not bootable until I zeroed the first 1k blocks. I did have previous data on the device, which perhaps was the problem. dd-ing the .img to the device wrote the information as expected; I just could not boot from it. I left this part in, as I personally ran into this, though I removed labeling and newfs-ing. Regards, -- Glen Barber
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