Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:34:15 -0600 From: "Ross Penner" <ross.penner@gmail.com> To: "User questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Installing from USB Flash Drive Message-ID: <op.twd8jds0q910fd@localhost>
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Hi everybody, I'm trying to install a system on a machine that doesn't have an optical= = drive. I plan on using a USB flash drive to do the job and found a = messages from hackers@freebsd.org = (http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org/msg55434.html) = = about just such a thing. The script provided converts the CD image into = = one suitable for a flashmemory stick. I used and coverted it without = issue. The instructions say to use dd to prepare the flash drive so = executed #dd if=3Dflashbsd.iso of=3D/dev/da0 I'm not entirely confident that that was the correct procedure, as I'm = quite unfamilar with dd. Unfortunetly, I can't seem to get the drive to = = boot. I can mount the filesystem so it seems that prepareing the drive w= as = succesful. I'm using a via chipset and yes, the bios is set to boot from= = USB-FDD. I used the 6.2 boot only image. Thanks for any insight you can provide me. Ross -- = sig ho!
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