Questions for " Prepping a USB stick with USB img"

[Jackrat]

2) If you download the Live image you should be able to run PCBSD in "Live" mode. If the image is not labeled as a "Live" image, you will have to install before running it. All the different images are available at www.pcbsd.org

3) The "default" applications are dependant upon the desktop environment (DE) you choose to include.
For example (web browser and file manager): KDE includes konqueror and dolphin, GNOME includes epiphany and nautilus, LXDE includes Midori and PCmanFM, XFCE includes (something) and Xfe.
What is more unique about PC-BSD is that you can choose to install any/all of the available DE's to gain access to an alternate DE's built-in applications, even without running that desktop environment.
No matter which DE you choose, you will also have access to the AppCafe, which allows you to add/remove self-contained programs (PBI's) which allow you to tailor your desktop just the way you want without interfering with the base system in any way.

4) Yes, if you run PC-BSD in Live mode there should be desktop icon that will allow you to install to the hard drive.

Thanks, Great answers! I've been so busy messing around with my problems on my Linux installs, I haven't had time to check my emails - sorry I'm back so late.

I'll probably get to downloading and "live"-CD/installing as soon as I get these other problems taken care of.

Since I'm using Linux, do I use unetbootin ? (question 1)

Thanks

NOTE: I got an answer here for that last question;

Creating a Bootable USB from an ISO using UNetbootin

CURRENTLY DOES NOT WORK -- RETEST WITH http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=9853

- since I don't have a DVD burner, I guess I'm outta luck!

[Cobalt]

Did you try the dd commands here: ftp://ftp.pcbsd.org/pub/handbook/9.0...063_1851556210

I don't think UNetbootin works with *BSD systems.

[ldavidcooke]

Hey All,

Okay I decided to give PC-BSD another try as it is one of the few easy to use distros with multi-threading embedded. I had tried 7.0&7.2 and tjough interesting the lack of adobe support was the back breaker, most sites nearly demand flash support as they do not yet support html5.

To this end I tried the DVD-32 Live. It has proven interesting, the various motifs load fine as do the default apps. However, thrre are three primary issues and I am not sure if the limitation is in the code or the use of Power2Go CR by LG.

As I said a clean load; however, no adobe support out of the box. Implemented flashpluinctl on from a root terminal and got some yshoo video to work, but virtuslly none of the youtube or a local radio station (WBBB FM near Raleigh, NC) to fire up.

Also Appcafe launches and immediately shuts down, I could accept it if it were a memory limitation (2Gb DDIM), however, having run PC-BSD 7.2 in a 512Mb virtual disk, I'm not sure that is the issue.

Finally, I got a 16Gb USB drive (12.99 @ BJs) and hsve attempted a live install there, problem is I am using a IBM S-50 as the test bed and it does not offer boot from USB in the BIOS. As I am also running XP Pro, I tried the USB sys disk ploy with no results.

As I'm a USL SYS V 4.X sysadm I am not without total exerience, I am just confused where to start. It has been suggested I need to go bsck to the SYS III ver. as that was the root code for both BSD, Solaris X-86, and the SCO versions. However, looking over the changes from my orig. textbooks and current code I see little commonality. I guess this makes me a Newbee in that regard, so a leg up would be appreciated...

Cheers!
Dave Cooke

[DarkPhoenix]

This " Prepping a USB stick with USB img " thread is kinda old. Does this info still apply to setting up the new Isotope 9.0 downloadable USB version or the USBLite version?

I have never booted from a USB before but hope to get this working.

Edit:

I tried this but it's not what I thought it was. It does indeed set up whatever PC=BSD version you downloaded to be bootable from a USB drive, but only for installation to another drive. I thought this was a way to run the OS from a bootable USB drive.

Perhaps the problem is I was using one of the USB versions.. the USBLite.. perhaps this is not what the USBLite is for.. Perhaps I should try the same instructions to install a bootable copy of the Live version onto the USB?

2) If you download the Live image you should be able to run PCBSD in "Live" mode. If the image is not labeled as a "Live" image, you will have to install before running it. All the different images are available at www.pcbsd.org

O.k... I'd rather this Not be a live image, but a regular install to a USB drive that I can then boot to run the os from. How do i do this?

If this were a Linux version I could use Pendrivelinux but that app does not support PC-BSD

[Cobalt]

I'd burn a regular install disc, boot from it then install to a flash drive.

[DarkPhoenix]

Yeah, I realized I was over complicating things. i was trying to use a USBLite version which is an .img file.. couldn't find an app that would convert it to ISO or load it on a virtual drive. I'm now downloading a CD ISO version. I dont have any blank disks so I plan to use the ISO with UltraISO's virtual drive to run the install to the flash drive.

Using win 7. Thanks.

[Abdul]

I have troubles booting my image. I used win32DiskImager, PCBSD9.1-RC1-x64-USBFULL.img and a regular thumb drive that was big enough.
I'm getting "No system disk" or something from BIOS on two of my PCs. A netbook of mine is OK, I saw it started booting BSD and shut it down, didn't investigate further.
My motherboard detects the device correctly, just doesn't boot from it. I set the boot order right (Removable Device first, nothing after that). The same thing worked with the hardware with another thumb drive and a FreeBSD img.
Oh, both machines are AMD64.

Any suggestions?

ADDED:
Now I realised that the laptop that started booting is not AMD64, just a regular x86...

[Abdul]

I did another trial, PCBSD9.0-x64-USB-bootonly.img booted from my phone, the one that I used with FreeBSD successfully.
Exactly the same result, PC doesn't boot, laptop does.
Any ideas?

I intend to repeat the FreeBSD experiment later, maybe I missed that something changed in the setup.

[Abdul]

Today I tried FreeBSD.
I won't surprise you by saying that it didn't work either.
But I managed to nail the problem - it was my BIOS weirdness.
It would not boot if I selected "Removable device" in BIOS setup.
But it would if I did it in the boot screen.