I would grab either 9BETA image or current. Get the image that ends with
.img.gz. For example:
http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-9/latest/images/NetBSD-9.0_BETA-amd64-install.img.gz
Then, according to the NetBSD guide (page 5 if you printed out all 365 pages,
as I did) you find a section labeled "Booting the install system from USB."
Section 2.2.6.1 to be exact. Once the image is downloaded, from the command
line prompt:
$ gunzip NetBSD-9.0_BETA-amd64-install.img.gz
$ dd if=NetBSD-9.0_BETA-amd64-install.img of=/dev/sd0 bs=2m
Of course, substitute /dev/sd0 with whatever your USB device is. I noticed that
the manual uses a block size of 2m instead of one; however, I do not believe
using bs=1m or bs=2m will make a difference.
What platform are you using to create the USB install device? Mac? Linux?
NetBSD (my personal favorite)?
On 8/20/19, 7:19 PM, "Bob Bernstein" <netbsd-users-ow...@netbsd.org on behalf
of poo...@ruptured-duck.com> wrote:
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
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