Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 10:36:12 -0500 From: "Martin G. McCormick" <martin@server1.shellworld.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recreating the FreeBSD Installation Disks Message-ID: <20140828153612.992102298C@server1.shellworld.net>
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Ian Smith writes: > As I recall reading (only in passing, sorry) you wanted to do a shuffle > using a linux box to make a memstick? and had problems with (some)tar? Yes. I needed a headless installation medium to build a new FreeBSD server. The FreeBSD system had no direct usb access so I did all the work there and then used the Linux box to actually transfer the new image to a thumb drive. The image did not boot so I fell back to trying to make that same headless installation medium with a CDROM. Apparently, BSDtar which does understand ISO9660 images has some problem that makes it refuse to process a large number of files on the ISO image. In summary, the process worked flawlessly on the memstick to create it but the image won't boot on anything we tried it on. With the older custom CDROM method, BSDtar simply won't work the way the FreeBSD Handbook chapter tells you to use it. There seem to be no work-arounds so far. My preference of method is the memstick since the creation process is less time-consuming. Why the image wouldn't boot is a mystery since all I had to do was to add loader.conf to /boot for a serial console. Nothing else needed to be touched. Some times, the simplest tasks can just stop one cold. Martin
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