Re: How to install NetBSD on a USB stick

[Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

http://pkgsrc.se/sysutils/mkmemstick

Best,
Alistair

On 13 February 2016 at 21:48, Gary Duzan <gary%duzan.org@localhost> wrote:
> In Message <20160214054548.070DD11537C%xen1.duzan.org@localhost>,
>    "Gary Duzan" <gary%duzan.org@localhost>wrote:
>
> =>In Message <20160214052012.GA934%internode.on.net@localhost>,
> =>   Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>wrote:
> =>
> =>=>On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 08:34:37AM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> =>=>
> =>=>> - Will the end result be different with your method vs creating a live
> =>=>>   image (as Gary's reply suggested)?
> =>=>>
> =>=>
> =>=>IIRC Gary pointed you at an install image which has a cut down set of
> =>=>tools on it, just sufficient to install the operating system.  If you
> =>=>are looking for a fully functioning NetBSD system then you don't want an
> =>=>install image.
> =>
> =>   Not that it matters much at this point, since Mayuresh appears
> =>to have managed a normal install to USB, but I had suggested building
> =>a live-image, which appears to be pretty complete. From a -current
> =>build in January:
> =>
> =># df -k /mnt
> =>Filesystem    1K-blocks       Used      Avail %Cap Mounted on
> =>/dev/dk0        1416942     894948     451148  66% /mnt
> =># ls -l /mnt/etc/mtree/
> =>total 13400
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    59623 Jan  3 01:40 NetBSD.dist
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   812361 Jan  3 01:56 set.base
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  2605531 Jan  3 01:56 set.comp
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    44485 Jan  3 01:56 set.etc
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    44126 Jan  3 01:56 set.games
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   840260 Jan  3 01:56 set.man
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    98679 Jan  3 01:56 set.misc
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   104099 Jan  3 01:56 set.modules
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   416694 Jan  3 01:56 set.tests
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    93113 Jan  3 01:57 set.text
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   213721 Jan  3 01:57 set.xbase
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   489084 Jan  3 01:57 set.xcomp
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    11608 Jan  3 01:57 set.xetc
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   780017 Jan  3 01:57 set.xfont
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    36002 Jan  3 01:57 set.xserver
> =>-r--r--r--  1 root  wheel    19264 Jan  3 01:40 special
> =>
> =>                              Gary Duzan
> =>
> =>
> =>p.s., Interestingly, it was a bit more difficult to mount the wd0
> =>image than I expected. It has an MBR partition table, but the
> =>disklabel on the vnd device I attached to it was garbage, with
> =>partitions a-p all covering the whole disk. I had to use dkctl
> =>addwedge with the offset and size from the fdisk to get a device
> =>I could mount. This was on 7.0_STABLE from mid-December.
>
>    Sorry, FWIW, this was actually an sd0 live-image.
>
>                                 Gary Duzan
>
>