Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:00:24 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install from a USB Pen Message-ID: <4A67EE68.8020405@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80907192130i667a1366u34267cc7455842fe@mail.gmail.com> References: <a5f2f3950907130502x729f4dfbq23110234fbab4095@mail.gmail.com> <4A5BEABB.6070802@a1poweruser.com> <e277d6c80907140154u1b511f00ua4147a075d12b20b@mail.gmail.com> <4A5D6453.3060100@a1poweruser.com> <e277d6c80907150852y2183f12ex90b6d324709053a1@mail.gmail.com> <4A5E876C.8000804@a1poweruser.com> <e277d6c80907152025u2255e1bet7d005ece655321f5@mail.gmail.com> <4A602684.4030205@a1poweruser.com> <4A614478.5080400@a1poweruser.com> <e277d6c80907192130i667a1366u34267cc7455842fe@mail.gmail.com>
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Randi Harper wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > >> Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to >> download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another >> method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd does no >> compression of the data. > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 110 1002 346845184 Jul 16 02:04 > 8.0-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso > -rw-r--r-- 1 110 1002 917391360 Jul 16 02:00 > 8.0-BETA2-i386-memstick.img > > Note the filesize. This may be the reason it took 3 times longer. Just a > guess. > > >> Using a 8gb memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer >> than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick. > > > Might have something to do with the amount of data being written. Again, > just a guess. Are you sure it wasn't 3 times longer? > > >> Selected the [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution, It completed >> successfully, but the new 8.0 8gb memstick was not recognized as bootable. > > > I don't know why that's the case as I am unable to reproduce this problem, > but if the memstick.img is <1GB, why are you using an 8GB memstick instead > of the 2GB? > > >> Here is a script i have used in the past to convert the disc1.iso to >> bootable memstick. Maybe its better to add this script to the place where >> 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso is located in place of the memstick.img. >> That way the 3 times larger memstick.img is not needed any more. > > > No. If you took a look at the contents of the memstick, you'd realize it's > not just a copy of disc1. It also includes livefs. This is probably why the > memstick.img is so much bigger. :D > > -- randi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Instead of combining disc1 and livefs into a single memstick.img would't it be better to make 2 memstick images. One of disc1 and one of livefs. This matches the standard all ready in place.
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