Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 07:47:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com> Cc: Carmel <carmel_ny@hotmail.com>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Format a USB flash drive using gpart Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207090744480.23075@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <47.B3.06836.B9F4AFF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com> References: <47.B3.06836.B9F4AFF4@smtp02.insight.synacor.com>
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>> file system" (as you said without partitions, and I'll take >> that literally): You can use tar, "the universal file system >> that isn't a file system" to write data to the USB stick. > which is best in USB pendrive wear and speed point of view. pendrive's flash translation layers are just awful, only linear writes works well. >> Writing stuff: > >> # tar cf /dev/da0 /my/files i would recomment tar -b 128 -cf /dev/da0 /my/files > Might > # tar xf /dev/da0 > work in other BSDs or even other (quasi-)Unixes including Linux, using the appropriate device name where applicable in place of da0? yes it will run fine under linux, openbsd, netbsd, slowlaris etc. > > While that particular construst could probably not be booted, it is possible to boot from a floppy or image file that does not contain a file system. If you need bootable pendrive then you have to use disklabel and make filesystem.
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