From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 3 22:36:03 2008 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 5C4AE16A41B for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@sequestered.net) Received: from alcatraz.sequestered.net (alcatraz.sequestered.net [64.183.71.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4412D13C457 for ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:36:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@sequestered.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: singularity@sequestered.net) with ESMTP id 96A2967A33 ; Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:36:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <477D6352.5090409@sequestered.net> Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:36:02 -0800 From: Jay Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Simeon Nifos References: <195284.54898.qm@web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <195284.54898.qm@web56501.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install FreeBSD from isos on USB hard-drive partition 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: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:36:03 -0000 Simeon Nifos wrote: > Dear FreeBSD users, > We all know that installing any OS from DVD isos and/or CD isos takes time. Especially FreeBSD still doesn't provide even a DVD iso and it is hard to change CDs during the installation. Even if a DVD iso is provided it takes time to install. I was wondering if anyone of you ever managed to "write" somehow the isos on a USB hard-disk or USB-flash partition and perform the installation from there. Be careful, I am not saying to install FreeBSD on a USB drive, I am asking if it is possible to transfer somehow the isos on the USB hard-drive or USB-flash drive and then boot from it as if I was booting from the FreeBSD CD iso and perform the installation of FreeBSD on my hard disk. I hope that if this is achieved somehow, the installation will spead up significantly. > > So is it possible? > > Best, > Archwn. > > > > 1. What are you installing off the second CD? 2. A 1 CD install takes all of ten minutes; how much faster were you hoping for it to get? -- Jay Chandler / KB1JWQ Living Legend / Systems Exorcist Today's Excuse: We're out of slots on the server