Re: usb stick install

[Ib-Michael Martinsen <i.m.martinsen%gmail.com@localhost>]

Thor Lancelot Simon writes:
 > On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:03:38AM +0200, Ib-Michael Martinsen wrote:
 > > 
 > > The USB stick was populated with
 > > 
 > > # dd if=NetBSD-6.0_RC1-i386.iso of=/dev/sd0d bs=4k
 > 
 > This isn't really the right way to dd the data -- use the raw, not
 > the block device -- but if the result with other USB sticks is
 > something you can boot from, then yes, I'd be inclined to blame
 > the BIOS or the stick itself (though it's a little hard to see
 > how).

I have also tried

# dd if=NetBSD-6.0_RC1-i386.iso of=/dev/rsd0d bs=4k

it made no difference, i.e. it is still impossible to boot from the
USB-stick. So it seems I will have to use my 2GB and 8GB devices as
boot devices. I can live with that.

Kind regards
  Ib-Michael
-- 
Email: i.m.martinsen(at)gmail.com
Running NetBSD/i386 v5.1.2


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