Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:26:49 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Accessing device files over the network Message-ID: <20060819202649.162de001@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20060819104555.16827.qmail@web35608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060819104555.16827.qmail@web35608.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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--Sig_wdPWQmY8gXNjp8FVCzionYM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Girish Venkatachalam <girish1729@yahoo.com> wrote: > I want to make a USB flash stick. But I have USB ports > only on my linux box. Whereas I would have to run > bsdlabel from my FreeBSD box connected over the > Ethernet. >=20 > Any way out for me? :-) Prepare a file backed "disk" with the size of the flash stick, copy it to the Linux box and use dd to transfer it to the flash stick. mdconfig(8) and md(4) tell you the details. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_wdPWQmY8gXNjp8FVCzionYM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFE51f/BYqIVf93VJ0RAql0AJ9hQkRyMjYpIcYbrOEhA+N923F2UQCfXR6c c+wt2oJncP+qyRy6qd8s2n8= =YxEk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_wdPWQmY8gXNjp8FVCzionYM--
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