From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 1 23:40:22 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89102106566B for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:40:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CAC28FC18 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 23:40:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from www.smsd.tv (ool-18bb7953.dyn.optonline.net [24.187.121.83]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JX200CW5QZELVA0@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:09:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from tim-kellerss-macbook-pro.local ([10.10.10.10]) by www.smsd.tv (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m21N9D5A012595; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:09:14 -0500 (EST envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:09:08 -0500 From: Tim Kellers In-reply-to: <6.0.0.22.2.20080301164626.024c20c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> To: Derek Ragona Message-id: <47C9E214.3010706@wallnet.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <49540.65.117.48.155.1204406604.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20080301164626.024c20c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) Cc: jhall@vandaliamo.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting from Memory Stick X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:40:22 -0000 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 >