Re: usb stick install

[kalin <kalin%el.net@localhost>]

On 9/24/12 7:31 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:45:33PM -0400, kalin wrote:
> > i'm not sure what more exactly except the command itself with the output:
> >
> > # dd if=NetBSD-6.0_RC1-i386-install.img of=/dev/disk2s2 bs=1m
>
> I don't know what operating system this is -- I'm guessing OS X -- but
> that command is almost certainly not right.  You need to use the raw
> device not the block device, and you need to use the whole-disk device,
> not the device for some particular partition.
>
> Also, the 1MB blocksize is not a good idea.  It is too large and will
> give unpredictable results on some systems particularly when using the
> block device.
>
> If it is in fact OS X you're using, try:
>
> dd if=NetBSD-6.0_RC1-i386-install.img of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=64k


thanks. i figured as much. i was able to boot of the stick but getting 
stuff like: hd0a:netbsd: No such file or directory.

same for netbsd.gz, onetbsd.gz, netbsd.old.gz, etc....