Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 08:57:06 -0700 From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net> To: "Thyer, Matthew" <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au>, "'jtfbsd@jt.net.au'" <jtfbsd@jt.net.au> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Key Disk Boot Message-ID: <BDACFC62.7B989%joe@via.net> In-Reply-To: <DFB8CBBEF9C9A0479F92BCC2F2AEF5FF295890@ednex503.dsto.defence.gov.au>
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Matthew, You neglect to state the minimum size USB key for a standard FreeBSD install. -joe On 11/2/04 12:07 AM, "Thyer, Matthew" <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote: > To install onto this device: > > Simply boot your installation media (CD) and do your installing on the device > "da0" (the first SCSI device - this is likely to be your USB Key unless you > already have SCSI hard disk drives in your system). > > As for booting, you will have to understand how to change your BIOS to ensure > the correct boot order. Many BIOS's will boot on these devices if you have > "USB-ZIP" as the first boot device. If that doesn't work try "USB-HDD" or > just "USB". > > If your Key device is too small to accommodate a minimal install of FreeBSD > then you will need to investigate the more embedded solutions such as PicoBSD. > This is an advanced topic which will require an experienced UNIX specialist to > implement. You may be able to find various how-to type procedures on the Web > and the FreeBSD handbook should be very useful but this is not something for > the fainthearted. > > As for the booting process, it is described in the manual page for "boot". > > > Matthew Thyer Phone: +61 8 8259 7249 > Science Corporate Information Systems Fax: +61 8 8259 5537 > Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Edinburgh > PO Box 1500 EDINBURGH South Australia 5111 > > IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence > Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the > CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are > requested to contact the sender and delete the email. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications 994 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: 650-213-1302 Cell: 650-207-0372 Fax: 650-969-2124
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