From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 08:27:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F8E1065700 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDAA8FC13 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:27:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([193.31.10.34]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:27:42 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m5J8ReZE003724 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:27:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:27:40 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080619082740.GA3700@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Jun 2008 08:27:42.0457 (UTC) FILETIME=[57BA4E90:01C8D1E6] Subject: moving FreeBSD installation disk1 to an USB stick X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:27:44 -0000 Hello, I'm preparing the installation of FreeBSD 7.0 on an Asus eeePC which has no CD/DVD drive for the installation (and I have no external CD driver with USB): http://www.laptoppen.nl/product-260-Asus-EEE-PC-900-Zwart.html My idea is to 'copy' somehow the FreeBSD 7.0 installation disk1 to an USB stick of 1 GByte; there is some kind of recipe how to put a boot-able system onto such an USB stick, like; http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.questions/msg/5c759b1c87376b22 but this is not what I want; I want to boot the stick (of course) and run the 'sysinstall' having the complete disk1 on the stick; maybe it is an option making only the file system on the stick and the boot sector and fill in a dump of the file system of disk1, with some minor changes that after booting it uses the USB as CD device? any other ideas? Thx in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz e - w http://www.UnixArea.de/ Irland - EU 1:0