From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Dec 31 19:05:29 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C81C99B6A for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:05:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DC9D91F1F for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:05:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id uBVJ5Pqp019983 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:05:25 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id uBVJ5PQS019980; Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:05:25 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:05:25 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: swjatoslaw gerus 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 In-Reply-To: <1483209355.1974647.833842921.62AA8E07@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: References: <1483145583.808511.833423473.7736B95E@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1483209355.1974647.833842921.62AA8E07@webmail.messagingengine.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.1 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:05:25 -0700 (MST) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 19:05:29 -0000 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.