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=flashbsd.iso of=/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 was 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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