Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:32:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use USB memory-stick for booting FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20050926053236.90960.qmail@web36203.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-09-25 22:06, Rob wrote: > >>I have a USB memory stick of one GigaByte. >> I learned that on some PCs, the BIOS allows >> booting from USB memory-stick. >> >>Is this possible with FreeBSD? > > > Yes. Great! >>If yes, then how do I install FreeBSD on such a >> USB memory stick, so that it becomes a 'bootable >> USB'? > > By installing a FreeBSD base system on it (approx. > 170 MB) and a boot loader, and setting your BIOS > to boot from "USB legacy device". Hmmm, how do I do that? After a system and kernel build, is it then something like 'make installworld' and 'make installkernel' into non-default destinations (i.e. mount-point of the USB stick) ? I suppose one GigaByte should be enough for the base system of 5.4, isn't it? Rob. ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/
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