Re: How to install NetBSD on a USB stick

[Christian Koch <cfkoch%sdf.lonestar.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 10:08:07AM -0500, Gary Duzan wrote:
> In Message <20160213142158.GA20835@odin>,
>    Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>wrote:
> 
> =>I wish to install NetBSD 7.0 i386 on a laptop on a USB stick. This is for
> =>testing purpose, not for day to day use.
> =>
> =>I know I can boot from an installation image from a USB stick. However I
> =>want to carry out the installation on a USB stick.
> =>
> =>The installation procedure that works with a hard disk did not work. I am
> =>not sure whether setting up geometry etc. needs to be done differently if
> =>the target drive is a USB stick.
> =>
> =>I notice a memstick image for 5.1, but not for 7.0.
> =>http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-5.1/memstick/
> 
>    Unfortunately, you'll probably need to build one yourself.
> Fortunately, as long as you have a build host, it should be pretty
> easy. With the source checked out, just:
> 
> % ./build.sh -m i386 -U tools release live-image
> 
> You'll end up with NetBSD-${version}-${arch}-live-{sd0,wd0}root.img.gz
> files in the releasedir/images directory. Uncompressed, the sd0
> image will work on USB drives, and the wd0 image will work on SATA
> drives. Note that I haven't done this as a cross-build, but I
> believe it should work.
> 
>    Good luck...
> 
> 				Gary Duzan
> 
> 

amd64 and i386, at least, already have images you can "dd" to a USB stick....

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/images/7.0/NetBSD-7.0-i386-install.img.gz

-Christian