Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:24:00 +0800 (WST) From: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> To: JT <jtfbsd@jt.net.au> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Key Disk Boot Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0410311417080.7312@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <008f01c4bf0f$89a58fc0$070a0a0a@JTUFFIN> References: <008f01c4bf0f$89a58fc0$070a0a0a@JTUFFIN>
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> I am looking to run a minimal FreeBSD build on a USB key disk as a network monitoring system, but I am having great difficulty getting information on how to do so. FreeBSD is my preferred *nix OS, but if I am not able to get a USB boot solution in a reasonable time, I will have to move my project to a Linux based solution as there are already Linux USB boot systems out there. > > All assistance is appreciated. I think that even if I could get some info on the BSD bootup sequence/etc I might be able to build something workable. I believe there is currently code in the FreeSBIE CVS that allows you to install FreeSBIE (which is a FreeBSD 'live CD' distribution) onto any target device - including pen drives. http://www.freesbie.org/ Note that this ability is *not* in FreeSBIE 1.0 or 20040919. You will need to check the code out of CVS. Instructions are on this page: http://www.freesbie.org/?section=cvs-en Hope you get it working. I'm sure the freesbie@gufi.org team will be happy to help you out if you have problems. They also hang out on IRC, irc://irc.azzurra.org/freesbie . Cheers, David Adam --- zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
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