Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:09:08 -0500 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: jhall@vandaliamo.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from Memory Stick Message-ID: <47C9E214.3010706@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080301164626.024c20c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> References: <49540.65.117.48.155.1204406604.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20080301164626.024c20c8@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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I made a bootable system on a stick a few months ago. I used it to dd clone a WinXP image to some Gateway desktops in a lab. I think I just plugged the stick into my FreeBSD laptop fired up sysinstall and treated the stick as a da drive that needed a full install. Tim Derek Ragona wrote: > At 03:23 PM 3/1/2008, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: >> I am working on getting a FreeBSD system to boot from a USB memory >> stick. >> >> Would it be possible to install the operating system using the >> following: >> >> cd /usr/src >> make DESTDIR=/mnt/usbdisk world >> boot0cfg -v -B -o noupdate da0 >> >> Or, is there an easier way to do this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Jay > > I don't know how to do this myself, but know it is available using > FreeNAS, which is based on FreeBSD. FreeNAS information is at: > www.freenas.org > > -Derek >
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