Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 03:00:22 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot and Install from USB? Message-ID: <ef10de9a0607280100l4da0a94amf61f999449fdf8bb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0607272258g3254424ey326b74a0b4a9ec28@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0607272232w2fba906ai9b274ec873cf7341@mail.gmail.com> <CB5CA723-8609-4174-B3F3-176F6D39EC5B@shire.net> <ef10de9a0607272258g3254424ey326b74a0b4a9ec28@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/28/06, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/28/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> wrote: > > > > On Jul 27, 2006, at 11:32 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > > > Floppy and CD-ROM drives, why do I need them? They take up to much > > > chassis real estate and I never use them after the server is in > > > production. Why can't I do all this stuff with USB? > > > > > > If I got a USB flash, USB CD-ROM, and/or a USB floppy drive what could > > > I do with it? > > > > > > * Boot into DOS to run BIOS updates? > > > * Load the FreeBSD CD to a flash drive and boot / install from it? > > > > > > I see no reason to keep buying them, there like tits on a bull. > > > > None of my servers have floppies or cdrom or any optical drives. I > > keep a couple floppies and a dvd and a cdrom around and if I need on > > I plug it in for the duration of the need... > > > > Been there done that. It's a pain in the butt: > > 1. Power down > 2. Take cover off > 3. Plug in drive > 4. Put cover back on > 5. Power on > 6. Re-enable BIOS support for device. > 7. Do what needs to be done > 8. Power down > 9. Take cover off > 10. Unplug drive > 11. Put cover back on > 12. Power on > 13. Disable BIOS support for device. > > Ok I just bought some stuff to experiment with: * USB Floppy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16821103510 * USB to IDE Adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812156101 * USB Flash Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820233008 Well see what happens! What I really want is to install FreeBSD using the USB Flash Drive. IIRC from a post long ago FreeBSD had problems with this. IIRC dd would format the USB Flash drive in ISO9660, Like a CD. So I think I'll have to roll my own images. Maybe the RELENG team could make USB Flash into an official image, like the CD ISOs, for FreeBSD 6.2. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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