Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:50:36 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Mark Wallbank <mrkwllbnk@googlemail.com> Subject: Re: Install from a USB Pen Message-ID: <4A5E876C.8000804@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80907150852y2183f12ex90b6d324709053a1@mail.gmail.com> References: <a5f2f3950907130502x729f4dfbq23110234fbab4095@mail.gmail.com> <4A5BEABB.6070802@a1poweruser.com> <e277d6c80907140154u1b511f00ua4147a075d12b20b@mail.gmail.com> <4A5D6453.3060100@a1poweruser.com> <e277d6c80907150852y2183f12ex90b6d324709053a1@mail.gmail.com>
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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 $$$$ Plugging in the stick auto generated these messages # /root >umass0: <vendor 0x0930 USB Flash Memory, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2> on uhub1 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: < USB Flash Memory 6.50> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 1905MB (3903487 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 242C) GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1 is msdosfs/ço¤¿òÚktñ $$$$ I have to hit enter key to get prompt $$$$ 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?
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