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Old 08-18-2009, 08:19 AM
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Default installing PC BSD from an USB Stick
hi there
i am trying to install pc bsd with an usb stick but i have problems writing the file to the stick
i am running ubuntu 9.04
i changed the .img file i downloaded to .iso with rename as i read in this forum
when i run this command i get the following error:

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fuba@ubuntuFuba:~/Desktop$ dd if=PCBSD7.1.1-x86-USB.iso of=/media/CRUZER/ bs=1
dd: öffne „/media/CRUZER/“: Is a directory
pls help me!
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Old 08-18-2009, 07:14 PM
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Default Re: installing PC BSD from an USB Stick
You probably want to use a device special file as the 'out file', not the mount point of the USB stick. (e.g. /dev/sdXXX rather then /media/XXXX/)
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Old 08-18-2009, 07:33 PM
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Default Re: installing PC BSD from an USB Stick
in my /dev folder are sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda5
how can I figure out which one is the right?
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Old 08-18-2009, 08:24 PM
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Default Re: installing PC BSD from an USB Stick
I'm not sure of the shell way, but I'd download gparted from your package manager and check through your drives for the correct drive (check size.) It'll have the /dev file name on the device. You can also check in /dev for the latest entry when plugging in your drive. If you unplug all USB devices except your thumb drive, sdb1 or sdb0 will work without your other data being pooched. Try the other ways first, though... Also, the dd syntax in the Quick Guide is kind of strange. I just changed one or two characters and it worked.

I think Ubuntu has gparted installed by default in the latest version.
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Old 08-18-2009, 09:10 PM
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Default Re: installing PC BSD from an USB Stick
Assuming that HAL screws with the usual interfaces to mount file systems on /media, you should be able to use the 'mount' command with no arguments, or take a look at the mtab file.

example from one of my boxes:

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Terry@vectra$ uname -nrs
OpenBSD vectra.launchmodem.com 4.5
Terry@vectra$ mount
/dev/wd0a on / type ffs (local)
/dev/wd0h on /home type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/wd0d on /tmp type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/wd0g on /usr type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/wd0e on /var type ffs (local, nodev, nosuid)
/dev/wd1a on /usr/local type ffs (local, nodev)
/dev/wd1d on /srv type ffs (NFS exported, local, nodev, nosuid)

which tells me that my /dev/wd1d is mounted on /srv. You should see what device is mounted on /media/CRUZER, assuming the aforementioned about HAL.
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