Re: bootable usb stick (was: How do I keep testing current-amd64 witout so much trouble?)

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2008, Bernd Ernesti wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 09:34:50AM -0700, Sverre Froyen wrote:
> [..]
>
> > When I was bitten by the "amd64 -current crashs at boot" problem (I did not
> > pay attention to the initial reports because of the subject line -- I am using
> > i386), both my netbsd and onetbsd kernels started failing the minute I
> > installed userland (including the new kernel modules).  I was lucky to find an
> > old 5.99.4 kernel that I could use to rebuild and reinstall the ffs module.  I
> > have now invested $20 in a USB stick that contains a working bootable 5.99.5
> > system and that I can use to fix any future mishaps.
>
> Do you have an instruction how to install a bootable netbsd system on a usb
> stick?
> I thought about to do something, but wasn't sure if it will work with a usb
> stick which has a U3 system on it.

I've never gotten the instructions on wiki.netbsd.se to work, but the
FreeBSD USB stick works well.

http://wiki.netbsd.se/How_to_install_NetBSD_from_an_USB_Memory_Stick

http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2

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