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Date:      Sun, 18 Jul 2021 02:30:54 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 256412] 13.0-RELEASE amd64 DVD .iso is too big to burn on 4.7GB DVD-R
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--- Comment #6 from Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to unitrunker from comment #5)

> =E2=80=A6 how to use the DVD iso image on a USB drive =E2=80=A6

I always used dd, as outlined under=20
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-usb>;

=E2=80=93 use the .iso file as the input file.=20

The computer might do as well with a USB drive from an .iso file as it woul=
d do
with a USB drive from an .img file.
<https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/57687/post-523224>;

An example with gdd(1) instead of dd(1):=20

gdd status=3Dprogress bs=3D10M if=3D/=E2=8B=AF/=E2=8B=AF.iso of=3D/dev/da=
=E2=8B=AF

----

% pkg provides usr/local/bin/gdd
Name    : coreutils-8.32
Desc    : Free Software Foundation core utilities
Repo    : FreeBSD
Filename: usr/local/bin/gdd
% pkg query %o coreutils
sysutils/coreutils
%=20

<https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/coreutils/>;

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