I want to use a flash drive instead of a CD to upgrade from an old 'current' to our latest. This is being done on an ancient emachine amd64:
NetBSD nebby 8.99.35 NetBSD 8.99.35 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Mar 13 06:27:34 UTC 2019 mkre...@mkrepro.netbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64 I am new to flash drives. I did the following with a new Kingston 64GB right out of its FedEx mailing envelope: dd if=boot.iso of=/dev/rsd1d bs=1m The boot.iso was: http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/amd64/installation/cdrom/boot.iso Rebooting the emachine, it gave me a choice to boot from the Kingston, but there was no joy in Mudville. All attempts reverted to booting normally from the hd. Trying 'mount /dev/sd1' /mnt yielded "bad superblock." (Pretty sure; I am typing these results from memory.) I _can't imagine_ how many stupid things I just did, but could someone please tell me how to get that install image onto the flash drive in a form that will boot? Thank you -- What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Hitchens' Razor