On 8/1/07, Ross Penner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/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
This will copy CD to USB sector-by-sector recreating CD filesystem (ISO-9660) on the stick. I don't think it's what system expects. I tried to do similar thing some time ago. I don't remember details but what I did was mounting CD-image and copying files from there to preformatted USB stick. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
