Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:01:07 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dd image not working Message-ID: <c43fa169a6204b7e534ce0d86b6a4073.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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I am trying to create a bootable USB image for FreeBSD. The device name of the USB flash memory appears to me to be /dev/sb1 # mount -l . . . /dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=500,gid=500,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush) # I dismount that device # umount /dev/sdb1 and check # mount -l . . . /dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev) [Bluebirds] none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) # Now I run dd # dd if=/var/data/disk_images/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/sbd1 bs=512 conv=sync 1256080+0 records in 1256080+0 records out 643112960 bytes (643 MB) copied, 1.92347 s, 334 MB/s # But the usb key does not appear to have been altered at all. If I remove it and reinsert then it automounts with the same information as before: # mount -l . . . /dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom0 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev) [Bluebirds] none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) /dev/sdb1 on /media/KINGSTON type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=500,gid=500,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush) [KINGSTON] What am I doing wrong? -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
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