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Date:      Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:05:25 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        swjatoslaw gerus <milstar2@eml.cc>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 3- You have made error ...#### dd if=FreeBSD-11-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M  conv=sync
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On Sat, 31 Dec 2016, swjatoslaw gerus wrote:

> 1.bsd orig text
> ---------------------
> To burn the image using dd, insert the USB stick and determine its
> device name.
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html
> -----------------------
> performed from author    with  fdisk -l   ... sdb1

No. Stop. DO NOT USE sdb1. DO NOT USE fdisk.

The device name on that Linux system is sdb. No "1".  Just sdb. sdb is 
the disk, sdb1 is the first partition on that disk.

Of course, writing that image to /dev/sdb will overwrite whatever is 
already there. Be careful.

> 2.bsd orig text
> -------------------
> dd if=FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1M
> conv=sync
>
> multiple attempts with   FreeBSD -11.0   /dev/sdb1      bs=1M  ...
> System( 16.04.1 64 bit  ubuntu)    -invalid argument
>
> bsd forum      suggest       not  1M but   1048576

On Linux, use either 1M (capital "M") or 1048576, it does not matter. 
They are the same thing.  One is just easier to type.

> Suggest is true
> -------------------------
> it is downloaded  ,can see after mounting with  more, not with ls -lsar
> poweroff plugin   sandisk, notebook blocked black terminal

Do not try to mount it. There is no point. Boot (start the computer) 
from that disk. It is the FreeBSD installer.

I'm sorry, I do not understand the remaining points (#3-#8).  Or what 
you are trying to accomplish, for that matter.



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