From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 19:24:32 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6D5C146 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 85ABEC57 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:24:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [89.204.153.182] (helo=tiny-r269739) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XTFPL-0004G9-GG for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:24:23 +0200 Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:24:19 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using the ISO releases on USB sticks. Message-ID: <20140914192419.GA1559@tiny-r269739> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4D32ABC9-D0D0-48D2-98D3-FF1D72A4261E@gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20140910111010.052bfb38@mail.computinginnovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r269739 (i386) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 89.204.153.182 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 19:24:32 -0000 El día Sunday, September 14, 2014 a las 02:55:04PM -0400, Michael Powell escribió: > Warren Block wrote: > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014, atar wrote: > > > >> Just wanted to know please why does the command 'dd > >> if=FreeBSD-i386-disc1.iso of=myUSB-stick' doesn't make the USB stick > >> bootable like it would does for CDROMs or DVDs? What's the difference > >> between CDROM and an USB? I always test new versions of FreeBSD on USB keys, right now while typing I run a 11-CURRENT with KDE ... and mutt as MUA booted from an USB key, while the disk in the laptop has still an older FreeBSD. The procedure to creat a boot-able USB key is simple: - make a file system on it - mount it to /mnt - do 'make installkernel' and 'make installworld' with DESTDIR=/mnt - enrich the file system in /mnt with some stuff (for example install packages into it with 'chroot /mnt pkg install ...') - unmount and reboot even better, if you do not use an USB key directly, but do all the above to a mdconfig file system (a file system in a normal plain file) and copy later the result with dd(1) to the real USB key; let me know if you need a detailed procedure of it. HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_Ribbon_Campaign