Andrew Snow wrote:
Here's the steps I use to create a 1GB USB image:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=bootable.image bs=1m count=1 oseek=1000 conv=sparse
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f bootable.image -u 0
# newfs -m 0 -o space -n /dev/md0
# mount /dev/md0 /mnt
# cd /usr/src
# make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt
# m
Here's the steps I use to create a 1GB USB image:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=bootable.image bs=1m count=1 oseek=1000 conv=sparse
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f bootable.image -u 0
# newfs -m 0 -o space -n /dev/md0
# mount /dev/md0 /mnt
# cd /usr/src
# make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt
# make distribution DES
On Wednesday 11 March 2009 13:55:58 Clifton Royston wrote:
> I think I have found some limitations of the current sysinstall which
> currently make it currently difficult to convert a working FreeBSD ISO
> to an installable or live-disk flash image. Booting the kernel is
> easy. Getting the re
It seems like questions about installing FreeBSD from a USB drive
come up at regular intervals. With the low price of flash drives these days,
it would
be sort of nice to be able to offer a way for users to conveniently
roll their own USB installer images, or even to offer them for download
as
