From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 23:09:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F14BB1065673 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:09:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aiza21@comclark.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB928FC0C for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [202.69.172.31] ([202.69.172.31]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:09:18 -0700 Message-ID: <4C72FF9B.7050503@comclark.com> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:09:15 +0800 From: Aiza User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Friedemann Becker References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Aug 2010 23:09:18.0281 (UTC) FILETIME=[367FC390:01CB4318] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com Cc: Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.1 memstick installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:09:18 -0000 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 :-) ) > > Thanks in advance > http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4361 http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4389 https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download