Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:25:25 -0700 From: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mark Wallbank <mrkwllbnk@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: Install from a USB Pen Message-ID: <e277d6c80907152025u2255e1bet7d005ece655321f5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4A5E876C.8000804@a1poweruser.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>
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On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > Randi Harper wrote: > >> On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> wrote: >> >>> What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? >>> What raw size memstick is needed? >>> Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? >>> >> >> Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending. >> >> It's all in the email about the 8.0 BETA(s). Use dd, a memstick that >> is of equal to or greater size than the memstick.img, and no, it's >> different from disc1. It currently lacks packages, but it does include >> livefs. >> >> -- randi >> >> >> The email about 8.0 BETA(s) was not posted to the questions list that is > why I did not see it. > > This is what I tried > > $$$$ Plugging in the stick auto generated these messages > > # /root >umass0: <vendor 0x0930 USB Flash Memory, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, > addr 2> on uhub1 > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device > da0: 1.000MB/s transfers > da0: 1905MB (3903487 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 242C) > GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1 is msdosfs/ço¤żňÚktń > > $$$$ I have to hit enter key to get prompt > $$$$ of=da0 or of=da0s1 resulted in same thing, no img on stick > > # /usr >dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=da0 bs=10240 conv=sync > 57412+0 records in > 57412+0 records out > 587898880 bytes transferred in 192.035793 secs (3061403 bytes/sec) > > Can not mount with (mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt) > But (mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt) does work but > stick still contains the original data. > Has not been overwritten by the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img > > What is the problem here? > You're writing to a file called da0 inside /usr instead of /dev/da0. -- randihelp
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