http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 en-us 40 I do what I want <p>I previously wrote about <a href="http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/03/20/installing-freebsd-onto-a-usb-stick">putting a 6.1-BETA4 FreeBSD installation on a USB stick</a>. Since the bugs that were in the 6.1-BETA4 installation have been fixed, plus to get 6.1-RC1 tested, here are updated instructions (which should work with 6.1-RELEASE as well).</p> <p>These instructions result in a <a href="http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ceri/FreeBSDonUSB/">downloadable image</a> suitable for <code>dd</code>ing direct to a USB stick of 512MB or larger.</p> <p><code>arved</code> pointed out that it&#8217;s good to minimize the amount of writes done to USB sticks (and flash memory in general), and I&#8217;ve got some pointers in these instructions, but I haven&#8217;t really looked at this point.</p> <p>If you are looking to install FreeBSD <em>from</em> a USB stick, you should check out <a href="http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4420AF56.60106">Dario Freni&#8217;s script</a>.</p> Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:37:00 +0000 urn:uuid:20be9253b95a72903c69eb64278450f0 Ceri Davies http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 FreeBSD FreeBSD on USB http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/trackback/74 hi, thank you for this article :) i have some problem, though: in the newfs phase i have to specify -O 1 to get an UFS v1 file system, otherwise I'm not able to mount the stick. the rest of the operations go well, but when i try to boot with the USB device i get this: Not ufs FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:fd(0,a)/boot/loader boot: _ what am i missing? thank you. Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:37:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-137 Me either ;-) Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:37:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-98 The 0:fd(0,a) indicates that it is trying to boot from a floppy. Do you have a floppy in there, or does your BIOS make the USB stick look like one somehow? Try specifying da(0,a) at the loader prompt and see how that goes. By the way, why can't you mount UFS2 - using an older release? Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:37:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-138 How can I build custom Kernel on USB flash Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:37:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-145 hi, thank you for your reply :) i tried, but i still get the same prompt: Not ufs, and then the fd(0,a) story. specifying da(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel gives "error 1 lba 0" and then the same boot: prompt. i'm using freebsd 6.1-Release, the pc is a decently recent asus pundit w an award medallion 6.0 bios (release 2003). no floppy and no hd. i don't know why i cannot mount the thumb driver if i format it w ufs2, but it keeped saying bad superblock until i tried ufs1... Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:37:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-141 i just tried on another (different) pc, and it booted. i don't know what's the problem with the other bios Sun, 25 Jun 2006 14:37:58 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-142 ceri,Thank you!I have installed freebsd on a usb 2.0 hard drive, and setup the boot sequence in bios,but can not boot into freebsd system after boot manager,some machine code is on the screen. I don't know why? so pls help me. thanks again. Thu, 18 May 2006 17:27:01 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-132 leo, you may need to frig about in your BIOS to get it to boot from the USB stick. Mine just defaults to doing it if there is a stick inserted. Tue, 16 May 2006 01:59:34 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-131 Very useful! how to install the usb storage? need to modify the boot file? thx a lot! Tue, 16 May 2006 01:59:34 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-130 So cool! I'm gonna try it! Thx a bunch for this great tutorial. Sun, 07 May 2006 21:20:20 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-129 Very cool indeed. I don't have a 512MB+ USB stick, but I've now got a reason to get one :-) Thanks. Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:47:07 +0000 urn:uuid: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2#comment-128