Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:02:11 -0500 From: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> To: "Hartmann, O." <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Howto create FAT32 bootable USB device with gpart? Message-ID: <4C788A43.8000905@cyberleo.net> In-Reply-To: <4C768980.1080105@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <4C768980.1080105@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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On 08/26/2010 10:34 AM, Hartmann, O. wrote: > Trying to create a bootable USB device (memory stick) with gpart - and > failed. I need those USB mem sticks for BIOS flashing purposes on an > older main PCB, utilizing FreeDOS. The old BIOS is capable of booting > off from USB mem sticks, since I booted and installed FreeBSD via this > method. But the creation of a bootable FreeDOS USB mem stick failed. > I have FreeBSD 9.0 as a mastering operating system and 8 GB sticks. > These are the boundary conditions. Is there any way to perform this task > with gpart? Bootable FAT is sort of a strange thing. As such, I have written up a few methods for producing FAT boot disks using either Win98 DOS and DosBox or using FreeDOS and a perl script called 'sys-freedos.pl'. http://wiki.cyberleo.net/wiki/KnowledgeBase/DOSBoot It shouldn't be too difficult to use the instructions to produce a bootable memstick; just keep in mind that you may have to slice it and install an mbr, as so-called 'superfloppy' layout isn't always supported. Hope this helps! -- Fuzzy love, -CyberLeo Technical Administrator CyberLeo.Net Webhosting http://www.CyberLeo.Net <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net> Furry Peace! - http://wwww.fur.com/peace/
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