Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:55:44 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using the ISO releases on USB sticks. Message-ID: <CAOgwaMvzGzzR9RwcCiSM4viHbc=kTuEaM5zy%2BwULROBFE7jmiw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140914192419.GA1559@tiny-r269739> References: <4D32ABC9-D0D0-48D2-98D3-FF1D72A4261E@gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20140910111010.052bfb38@mail.computinginnovations.com> <A9FD5744-C05D-43C3-815D-F253F9B76FB0@gmail.com> <B7FAE207-78AC-431F-9D33-B8C8C76BD4E1@gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409141113370.27884@wonkity.com> <lv4oa8$md4$1@ger.gmane.org> <20140914192419.GA1559@tiny-r269739>
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On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El d=C3=ADa Sunday, September 14, 2014 a las 02:55:04PM -0400, Michael Po= well > escribi=C3=B3: > > > Warren Block wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 14 Sep 2014, atar wrote: > > > > > >> Just wanted to know please why does the command 'dd > > >> if=3DFreeBSD-i386-disc1.iso of=3DmyUSB-stick' doesn't make the USB s= tick > > >> bootable like it would does for CDROMs or DVDs? What's the differenc= e > > >> between CDROM and an USB? > > I always test new versions of FreeBSD on USB keys, right now while > typing I run a 11-CURRENT with KDE ... and mutt as MUA booted from an USB > key, while the disk in the laptop has still an older FreeBSD. > > The procedure to creat a boot-able USB key is simple: > > - make a file system on it > - mount it to /mnt > - do 'make installkernel' and 'make installworld' with DESTDIR=3D/mnt > - enrich the file system in /mnt with some stuff (for example install > packages into it with 'chroot /mnt pkg install ...') > - unmount and reboot > > even better, if you do not use an USB key directly, but do all the above > to a mdconfig file system (a file system in a normal plain file) and > copy later the result with dd(1) to the real USB key; > > let me know if you need a detailed procedure of it. > > HIH > > matthias > > -- > Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: > E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail > WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments > phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards > | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_Ribbon_Campaig= n > > > Dear Matthias , If you supply such an algorithm , me and other people may use it to generate boot-able USB sticks with some installed packages . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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