Hi,
I tried to boot my laptop with both, dfly-i386-2.10.1_REL.img and
DragonFly-i386-LATEST-IMG.img (20-Aug-2011) without any success. When I
press F1 (DF/FBSD) it just prints the message again. The image should
be fine and i've written it to the usb stick correctly, so I'm wondering
what's
Tron wrote:
Yes, I can boot from cd but would like to try for the big image (if it
was available).
aah.. silly me - thought it was..
there is a 2.4 version if you're interested in that
So if I understand you correctly, once the big image (with x, GUI, etc)
would become available, I would:
On 9/30/2010 6:52, Sascha Wildner wrote:
I think someone wanting to switch from Windows to a free alternative
that mostly feels like Windows and doesn't require much Unix knowledge
is much better off with one of the Linux distros that try to appeal to
this clientel.
Just as an additional note:
> This looks interesting:
>
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
>
> Would it work with a DragonFly image? Please, someone try this.
I've tried this method today (just for testing) and it doen't work (OTB).
The same with unetbootin.
So "dd" should be used. The
Yes, I can boot from cd but would like to try for the big image (if it
was available). Network booting, I have not considered. All my
machines are already networked, all are running WinXP. My old P3's
support network booting but only one box is likely able to boot from USB
(its a CoreDuo la
Chris Turner wrote:
basically, plug 2 machines into a LAN (if you have a hub or can borrow
one), boot up one & select it to be a network installer,
switch / crossover cable / etc should work fine too for sure -
just referring to least-common-denominator
Tron wrote:
USB. (It is an old 700MHz Celeron with a BIOS that cannot be upgraded
or easily patched because the mobo is oem ie: unknown...)
you should be able to boot from cd, no?
this machine is *far* faster than my old trusty 'bigred' -
a spray-painted 266mhz amd k6-II
haven't booted that
Thank you Justin and you are right - your link does look interesting.
Just prior to receiving your post, I found something similar myself:
http://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/14/windows/system-utils/download-unetbootin-free-bootable-usb-flash-drives-cretor.html
but after reading the cite you sug
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Justin C. Sherrill
wrote:
> On Wed, September 29, 2010 11:42 pm, Tomas Bodzar wrote:
>
>> When someone wants to go deeply in some area then there is only one
>> way - a lot of years of learning and experience. It does not change
>> just because we have Internet and
m the herds of Windows users and most of them know nothing
about Unix. So the easier the route to see what DF can do - the more
likely is someone to put in the effort. With this USB example alone:
first, a newbie has to get the USB image, second realize (probably the
hard way 'cause there is no
On Wed, September 29, 2010 11:42 pm, Tomas Bodzar wrote:
> When someone wants to go deeply in some area then there is only one
> way - a lot of years of learning and experience. It does not change
> just because we have Internet and PR materials from stupid vendors
> talks lies. OS is very complex
ay
> is from the herds of Windows users and most of them know nothing about
> Unix. So the easier the route to see what DF can do - the more likely is
> someone to put in the effort. With this USB example alone: first, a newbie
> has to get the USB image, second realize (probably the
Is this app in some way superior to win Image Writter (cause the
latter seems much easier to use)?
On 9/26/2010 7:15 PM, Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
On Sun, September 26, 2010 4:32 pm, tron wrote:
If I want to copy the DF USB image onto my USB stick and I am working
under WinXP, can I open
users and most of them
know nothing about Unix. So the easier the route to see what DF can do
- the more likely is someone to put in the effort. With this USB
example alone: first, a newbie has to get the USB image, second realize
(probably the hard way 'cause there is no mention of t
On Sun, September 26, 2010 4:32 pm, tron wrote:
> If I want to copy the DF USB image onto my USB stick and I am working
> under WinXP, can I open the archive with 7zip and just copy the
> resulting files/folders to the stick or will I need a special app for
> installing the imag
On 09/26/2010 01:32 PM, tron wrote:
If I want to copy the DF USB image onto my USB
stick and I am working under WinXP, can I open the
archive with 7zip and just copy the resulting
files/folders to the stick or will I need a special app
for installing the image to the USB stick? (Sorry if
this
: If I want to copy the DF USB image onto my USB stick and I am working
:under WinXP, can I open the archive with 7zip and just copy the
:resulting files/folders to the stick or will I need a special app for
:installing the image to the USB stick? (Sorry if this sounds dumb, but
:I am only
If I want to copy the DF USB image onto my USB stick and I am working
under WinXP, can I open the archive with 7zip and just copy the
resulting files/folders to the stick or will I need a special app for
installing the image to the USB stick? (Sorry if this sounds dumb, but
I am only used to
2009/8/9, daniel :
> hi can someone make a usb image for me on the latest devel?
>
> So i can try if i can boot with that on my eeepc900? i have tried the
> latest on dragonflybsd, but it doesn't work i just came too a mountroot:
> so i tried ufs:da0s1a,da1s1a and so on but is
Well it did't work with da8 and up with my usb stick with 2.2.1 release.
so i need a newer one to see if it working there instead.
cheers
Simon 'corecode' Schubert skrev:
daniel wrote:
hi can someone make a usb image for me on the latest devel?
So i can try if i can boot with that on my eeepc900? i have tried the
latest on dragonflybsd, but it doesn't work i just came too a
mountroot: so i tried ufs:da0s1a,da1s1
daniel wrote:
hi can someone make a usb image for me on the latest devel?
So i can try if i can boot with that on my eeepc900? i have tried the
latest on dragonflybsd, but it doesn't work i just came too a mountroot:
so i tried ufs:da0s1a,da1s1a and so on but is not mounting it. so mayb
hi can someone make a usb image for me on the latest devel?
So i can try if i can boot with that on my eeepc900? i have tried the
latest on dragonflybsd, but it doesn't work i just came too a mountroot:
so i tried ufs:da0s1a,da1s1a and so on but is not mounting it. so maybe
it will work
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