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Date:      Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:40:36 +0300
From:      atar <atar.yosef@gmail.com>
To:        Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Using the ISO releases on USB sticks.
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Hi!

Just wanted to know please why does the command 'dd if=FreeBSD-i386-disc1.iso of=myUSB-stick' doesn't make the USB stick bootable like it would does for CDROMs or DVDs? What's the difference between CDROM and an USB?

Regards,

Atar.

ב-10 בספט 2014, בשעה 19:34, atar <atar.yosef@gmail.com> כתב/ה:

> I know about the 'memstick.img' version but I want just the ISO versions because they have more softwares installed on them right from the package and I want to use them just from my USB stick.
> 
>> There are memory stick versions which will dd just fine.
>> 
>> -Derek
>> 
>> At 10:58 AM 9/10/2014, atar wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to know please if there's an option to use the ISO versions of FreeBSD from a USB stick since when I tried to copy the ISO file into my USB stick with the dd command it didn't work.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Atar.
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