Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:37:25 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Friedemann Becker <friedemann.becker@gmail.com> Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 memstick installation Message-ID: <4C72BFE5.4080903@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinf5G58tiL=q6=j1YeBFznRsvfy9gaLqLwSMWP=@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTinf5G58tiL=q6=j1YeBFznRsvfy9gaLqLwSMWP=@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/23/10 1:34 PM, Friedemann Becker wrote: > Hello, > > I have some questions about an installation on a memorystick. > > I have (a few weeks still) a very poor internet connection at home > that's unusable for anything beyond email. I tried some hacking on > musescore (yes I know that it can't work, but that's not my problem > for now). Since I don't want to carry missing ports/packages/other > stuff around on a stick everytime I miss something - which takes one > day each - i would like to have a working system (not installation > image) on usb-stick. > Can i use fdimage with the memorystick installation image on windows, > or any hacked versions of it? > And how do turn this stick in a running system? > Or is there any kind of live-stick-images out there, and if it is, how > to move these on the stick (since windows is missing dd and nero > doesn't like burning sticks :-) ) > You can try UnxUtils, from Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/ dd.exe is included. (I haven't tested making a bootable memory stick on a Windows machine). Regards (and let me know if it works), -- Glen Barber
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