Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:22:27 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Andrey Shuvikov <mr.hyro@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from USB Flash Drive Message-ID: <46B0DD73.7080304@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <24393ae80708011217r336ecc44m10a129890da6952f@mail.gmail.com> References: <op.twd8jds0q910fd@localhost> <24393ae80708011217r336ecc44m10a129890da6952f@mail.gmail.com>
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Written by Andrey Shuvikov on 08/01/07 14:17>> > On 8/1/07, Ross Penner <ross.penner@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi everybody, >> >> I'm trying to install a system on a machine that doesn't have an optical >> drive. I plan on using a USB flash drive to do the job and found a >> messages from hackers@freebsd.org >> (http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org/msg55434.html) >> about just such a thing. The script provided converts the CD image into >> one suitable for a flashmemory stick. I used and coverted it without >> issue. The instructions say to use dd to prepare the flash drive so >> executed >> #dd if=flashbsd.iso of=/dev/da0 > > This will copy CD to USB sector-by-sector recreating CD filesystem > (ISO-9660) on the stick. I don't think it's what system expects. I > tried to do similar thing some time ago. I don't remember details but > what I did was mounting CD-image and copying files from there to > preformatted USB stick. The script he referenced built a disk image from the iso-9660 fs to create his flashbsd.iso image - the .iso extension at this point is misleading. The script makes a dedicated freebsd memory disk, puts bootcode and a UFS filesystem on it, and copies the contents of the install CD to the UFS filesystem. It's this image that he is then dd'ing to the flash drive.
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