Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:08:19 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Grossmann Martin <grossmann@connectit.at> Subject: bootable FreeBSD on USB-Flash-Drive [SOLUTION] ??? Message-ID: <20080825090819.GA4284@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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Hello, It is relatively easy to produce a FreeBSD 7.0 booting USB key (for example for the installation of FreeBSD 7.0 if the target machine has no CD but only USB externals), if one follow more or less the description in http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.questions/msg/5c759b1c87376b22 I said 'more or less' because the problem is that the procedure at certain point assumes that you have the installation data (which is on FreeBSD CD1) accessible, but you have at this moment the LifeFS CD mounted); I helped myself doing the process based on my running FreeBSD 7.0 laptop, mounted the CD1 and built the USB key. I'm asking me (and all) how this could be done having only the FreeBSD 7.0 CDs and no running FreeBSD 7.0 system? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ We should all learn from the peoples of The Netherlands, France and Ireland. Aprendamos todos de los pueblos de Holanda, Francia e Irlanda.
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