PC-BSD 9. Problem with install from USB - PC-BSD Forums

intruz · #1 06-13-2012, 04:07 PM

I am new here, so i want to say hello for everyone.

Couple days ago i decided to install PC-BSD on my PC (My computer is x86_64 architecture if this matters.) . The problem is that i dont have any CD-ROM or DVD-ROM (and dont ask why, i just dont have technical possibilities now). So the solution would be boot and install from flash USB drive.

But here is the problem. I downloaded and tried almost all kinds of ISO's and IMG's from PC-BSD website. Then i used unetbootin to copy contents of the image. Everything gone fine, but i still cannot start the installer.

I have tried file PCBSD9.0-x64-DVD-live.iso The effect of booting is

Please, help me

kmoore134 · #2 06-13-2012, 04:15 PM

I don't think unetbootin supports our ISO's yet. If you grab the
pre-built USB images, you can use "dd" to copy them to a USB media:

http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Burn...MG_File_to_USB

intruz · #3 06-13-2012, 04:20 PM

Now i am working on Windows 7 x64. Can i run dd on this OS ?

And how to use that ?

kmoore134 · #4 06-13-2012, 04:25 PM

http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Burn...Windows_System

intruz · #5 06-13-2012, 04:54 PM

Ok, i downloaded file PCBSD9.0-x64-USBLITE.img

and here is another problem :

kmoore134 · #6 06-13-2012, 06:05 PM

What kind of hardware is this on? Looks like its not finding your USB
stick during bootup.

intruz · #7 06-13-2012, 06:17 PM

The hardware is :

CPU : Intel Core i3 2125,
MOBO : Asrock Z68 PRO3
RAM : 8 GB DDR-3 @ 1600,
HDD : 500 GB,
GPU : Intel HD 3000

I think USB is recognized, because the system has started booting, then this message has appeared.

USB device is "Creative flash disk 4 GB". Works great always.. but not this time.

sg1efc · #8 06-15-2012, 09:59 PM

This How-To Guide that Fatmice created helped me out a lot:
http://forums.pcbsd.org/showthread.php?t=12631

I can confirm that the UNIX-like (BSD) instructions work awesomely for my 32Gig Patriot USB drive. (Please note that I only have tried the Full USB Install of PCBSD, never tried anything else.) In fact they worked perfectly for almost a dozen times so far. Be advised that it can take a while to complete, so have patience = there is no status or progress indicator at all.

Thanks Fatmice.