Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:21:40 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install from a USB Pen Message-ID: <4A602684.4030205@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80907152025u2255e1bet7d005ece655321f5@mail.gmail.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> <e277d6c80907152025u2255e1bet7d005ece655321f5@mail.gmail.com>
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Randi Harper wrote: > 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. > > -- randi > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 worked I used my laptop to boot from the usb memstick. The 8.0 sysinstall started right up but it has problems. In this test i am booting off a 2gb usb memstick containing the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img and installing on a second 8gb memstick. While trying to do a [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution sysinstall issues error msg saying package index not on current media them gos on to tell me that docproj, manpages, proflibs, dict, info, sbace, ssys and srce are not on the media. I take this to mean that they are missing from the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img. So I tried to install again this time doing a minimal selection. This when through to completion but the resulting memstick was not bootable. I'll try this test again when BETA2 is released.
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