kengell

FreeBSD boot iso on usb

NOTE:  If you're not the author, and reading this... this is just a bookmark to remind the author that this needs testing- 

These commands and instructions are untested 


Preconditions

Determine which competing shell scripts are valid, useful, harmful?


Competing Scripts

I have found three scripts that may work to generate an IMG file suitable for use when booting a system

iso2usb - originally an ubuntu script?
fbsd2usb - ???
fbsd2img - ???

scripts attached to this document for evaluation.


thanks julian

# iso2usb - Create an usb stick from a live disk image/device.
# (C) 2007 Julian Andres Klode <juliank@ubuntu.com>
# iso2usb 6.4-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso
# dd if=usbimg of=/dev/da0 bs=1m


Insert the usb stick into host computer (already running FreeBSD) (normally this shows up as device da0) and execute the commands below. (need to test this)

Attachments (3)

  • fbsd2img.sh - on Nov 29, 2008 6:44 AM by Keith Engell (version 1)
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  • fbsd2usb.sh - on Nov 29, 2008 6:48 AM by Keith Engell (version 1)
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  • iso2usb.sh - on Nov 29, 2008 6:15 AM by Keith Engell (version 1)
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