Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:50:17 -0700 From: Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@bfoz.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install from USB flash drive? Sort of... Message-ID: <43123199.9000306@bfoz.net> In-Reply-To: <200508231131.j7NBV7bW057294@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200508231131.j7NBV7bW057294@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: > Brandon Fosdick <bfoz@bfoz.net> wrote: > > [...] > > Determined to press on I tried the "install from existing file > > system" option, w hich I had never noticed before. That didn't work > > since I had no idea what path to give it, or even if the flash drive > > had been mounted. > > It depends on the FreeBSD version. Older versions mounted > it on /dist, if I remember correctly, but newer ones mount > it directly on /. So assuming the flash is mounted as /, what path do I give sysinstall when it asks? I've tried /, /dist and /mnt. None worked. > You can copy directly from the ISO to your flash drive, > excluding the things that you don't need (i.e. packages). > There's no need to make an additional copy on your HD. > For example: > > # cd /cdrom; find . | grep -v /packages | cpio -dump /flash That worked much better. Thanks
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