Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

## Writing the installation image onto an 8GB USB stick ## ~sysbuild/release/images # dd if=NetBSD-8.99.7-amd64-install.img ibs=64k | \ progress -l $(ls -l NetBSD-8.99.7-amd64-install.img | awk '{print $5}' ) dd of=/dev/rsd0d obs=64k 99% |* | 1447 MiB

Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

On Fri 24 Nov 2017 at 07:47:49 -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote: >> This is probably off topic, but I'll try anyway. I want to create a >> USB install "disk", and then use another blank USB disk to install >> onto. >> >> Does this work? I haven't tried yet. This would be nice to test things >> out so I

Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

Later, when I get back home. On Fri, 24 Nov 2017 at 15:09, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > On Fri 24 Nov 2017 at 07:47:49 -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote: > >> This is probably off topic, but I'll try anyway. I want to create a > >> USB install "disk", and then use another blank

Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

On Fri 24 Nov 2017 at 07:47:49 -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote: > This is probably off topic, but I'll try anyway. I want to create a > USB install "disk", and then use another blank USB disk to install > onto. > > Does this work? I haven't tried yet. This would be nice to test things > out so I don't

Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 6:00 AM, Chavdar Ivanov wrote: > Rereading the question - you can do the same partition expansion if > you are using the installation image, not the live image. If you want > to reuse the remaining space for another reason, then I guess you > could use

Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

Of course not. Boot the stick single user, use fdisk to adjust the first partition to the end, use disklabel to extend the label to the en of the disk (A), then readjust the existing partitions (I move the b-partition to the end, adjusting a from the almost start to some space before the end for

Re: Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

Rereading the question - you can do the same partition expansion if you are using the installation image, not the live image. If you want to reuse the remaining space for another reason, then I guess you could use fdisk to create partitions past the first NetBSD one and format these, but I've

Re: Keyboard unavailable at boot

Hello Dan, hi all, here follow some updates as regards the USB keyboard. > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 3:01 AM > From: "Dan LaBell" > To: "Rocky Hotas" > Subject: Re: Keyboard unavailable at boot > > Is it OK if you cycle power, and don't

Can I install NetBSD on the same usb installation disk?

Hi all, I have a 16GB usb stick on which I will install the usb installation image. This way I would waste 15GB of free space. Can I reclaim the free space at all? If so, can I install NetBSD on the free space? I believe one could partition the drive during instalation but I have no clue how.