From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Aug 27 09:06:11 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4FDE1065695
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:06:11 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr)
Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.42])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561458FC12
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:06:10 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from pulstar.local (athedsl-4365974.home.otenet.gr [79.130.14.134])
	by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id
	o7R969Rh006437
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:06:09 +0300
Message-ID: <4C778001.3030809@otenet.gr>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:06:09 +0300
From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US;
	rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
References: <20100823070819.GB2539@current.Sisis.de>	<4C7241C2.2000305@otenet.gr>	<20100823112621.GA4367@current.Sisis.de>
	<4C725BFC.90006@otenet.gr>	<20100824084225.GA2160@current.Sisis.de>	<4C739A78.4070303@otenet.gr>
	<20100827072416.GA2516@current.Sisis.de>
In-Reply-To: <20100827072416.GA2516@current.Sisis.de>
X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD in VMWare-player
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:06:12 -0000

 On 27/08/2010 10:24 π.μ., Matthias Apitz wrote:
>
> Is it possible that the data gets corrupt on an USB key after some time?
> I'm wondering why the system even is intact to be booted from...
>
> Will prepare the key again or just fill in the dumps I have...
>
> 	matthias
>

I've heard of stories of data 'fading out' from USB flash drives after
some period of complete inactivity.
Haven't experienced this myself though. Otherwise your procedure looks
fine and it shouldn't fail.