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HAS_X_ANTIABUSE(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 30 September 2022 5:25:39 pm AEST, David Christensen wrote: > On 9/29/22 22:16, Ian Smith wrote: > > On 30 September 2022 6:07:47 am AEST, David Christensen > wrote: > > > On 9/28/22 23:04, jian he wrote: [=2E=2E=2E] > > > > Now, which one should I choose: bootonly=2Eiso or disc=2Eiso or > > > > dvd1=2Eiso? > >=20 > > > Many newer machines do not have an optical drive, and USB flash > > > drives > > > have much faster access times, so I use "memstick=2Eimg": > > > > > > FreeBSD-13=2E1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick=2Eimg=2Exz > > Since 12=2E1 and 13=2E0 (amd64 only) you can dd(1) the {-disc1, -dvd1 > > or -bootonly}=2Eiso to a USB memstick=2E > >=20 > > See the Release Announcement: > https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/releases/13=2E1R/announce/ (or e=2Eg=2E /12= =2E3R/) > Okay=2E Having a -dvd1 ISO on a USB flash drive could be useful when= =20 > installing without an Internet connection=2E It should be=2E It was broken on 12=2E3R and presumably before, due to a = bad symlink on the dvd1=2Eiso, and needing so far three patches to bsdconfi= g, if hoping to use that=2E Once fixed, it's a useful dialog(1) based interface to the included pkg re= po, reminiscent of sysinstall in its heyday, if you like KDE 5 or Gnome on = top of your Xorg=2E For much too long a story on getting that working, see https://forums=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/threads/installing-freebsd-12-3-from-dvd1-u= sb-without-network=2E84838/ I've yet to find out if it's been fixed on 13, and I'm still _slightly_ ho= peful of getting some committer help in fixing it for 12=2E4, which enters = code slush in a week=2E > One of things I like about the FreeBSD memstick image is that I can=20 > insert the USB flash drive into a FreeBSD computer, mount the root=20 > filesystem read-write, and make changes to the installer=2E (E=2Eg=2E = by=20 > using the 5% spare blocks in the root filesystem=2E) I doubt this > trick=20 > will work with a "hybrid ISO" on a USB flash drive=2E Most likely right; it still mounts as a cd9660 filesystem and it's none to= o clear where the data lives=2E OTOH, none if my laptops over the years ha= s had only one USB port, and sticks are literally "cheap as chips" now=2E root@t430s:~ # gpart show -p da0 da1 =3D> 3 15646709 da0 GPT (7=2E5G) 3 25 da0p2 freebsd-boot (13K) 28 52 - free - (26K) 80 1600 da0p1 efi (800K) 1680 15645032 - free - (7=2E5G) =3D> 63 60620737 da1 MBR (29G) 63 1 - free - (512B) 64 60620736 da1s1 fat32lba (29G) root@t430s:~ # mount -p | grep /m /dev/da0 /media cd9660 ro 0 = 0 /dev/da1s1 /mnt msdosfs rw 0 = 0 root@t430s:~ # df | grep /m /dev/da0 4386668 4386668 0 100% /media /dev/da1s1 30295568 1696 30293872 0% /mnt cheers, Ian