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Date:      Mon, 7 Sep 2015 22:15:37 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Lev <leventelist@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Create Ultimate Boot CD USB Stick
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509072210340.13035@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150907223703.692b68cd@jive.levalinux.org>
References:  <55EDBF5A.9010808@netfence.it> <20150907223703.692b68cd@jive.levalinux.org>

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On Mon, 7 Sep 2015, Lev wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 18:46:18 +0200
> Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone ever succeded in doing this?
>> Is there a way to create an UBCD stick from the ISO image without
>> using Linux or Windows?
>
> dd if=/path/to/iso/file.iso of=/path/to/the/device
>
> Ex.:
>
> dd if=FreeBSD.iso of=/dev/sdb

Much of the time, the resulting disk will not work.

FreeBSD provides separate images for CD/DVD and memory sticks or hard 
drives.  The dd command examples shown in the Handbook will go much 
faster, too.



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