Install 7.1 DVD iso UNetbootin Eee Box

[loony]

Has anyone had any luck with UNetbootin and the 7.1 DVD iso?

I'm trying to prep USB media on windows vista64.  Unlike the CDROM based isos, 
the DVD install is compressed .gz. I assume the iso needs to be extracted prior 
to loading it with UNetbootin and wonder if somehow gzip.exe on Windows is 
messing with the sanctity (for lack of better technical term) of the iso files.

When I boot from a 8gb usb device I've prepped with 7.1 DVD using UNetbootin, I 
get a missing or corrupted kernel image.  No problems with using the latest 
BackTrack iso.

I'm putting together a resource for running FreeBSD on the Asus Eee box at 
http://groups.google.com/group/freebsd-eee-box?hl=en and would really 
appreciate assistance with creating a USB boot media (preferably on Windows but 
a FBSD 7.0 box is available as well) based on the DVD as the DVD is a lot more 
convenient than a CDROM install.

Is it possible to edit the syslinux file installed by UNetbootin to point to a 
generic kernel in the kernels directory?

Thanks.
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Recommendations for BSD Unix Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD BSD Books

[loony]

What are folks recommendations for the updated edition of BSD UNIX Toolbox: 
1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD (Paperback)by Christopher Negus 
(Author), Francois Caen (Author)?

Overall, Absolute FreeBSD boosted my confidence/competence but as my  only  
printed  Unix/Linux/BSD  resource although it is not the be one and end all  
resource to FreeBSD as I was hoping for, particularly when it comes to slightly 
more advanced topics as building a production LAMP server.  I have the budget 
for another book.

I don't have access to a print version so I can really check it out before I 
buy.  Has anyone found BSD UNIX useful, more than useless, or redundant?  Is it 
organized and indexed well?  Is a good read on the toilet or only when when 
your working on a box?  Hasn't some other sys admin documented their commands 
really well and shared them?  This recommendation would be for a FreeBSD novice 
user.  If they didn't know how to script and had a choice between BSD UNIX 
Toolbox and a book about how to script, what would they be better off getting?

On that note, does anyone have recommendations for a freebsd orientated 
beginners guide to scripting and using scripts to manage a freebsd box and 
common systems/services/daemons?

loonybomber


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