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Re: Write an install image to a flash drive?



On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:44:32AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> One interesting turn running sysinst: I tried "unmounted 
> fs" to access the flash drive with the install img only to learn 
> that it was already mounted and therefore "busy." I got what I 
> needed selecting "Local fs" at /mnt.

Indeed, that image runs with the root file system on the USB device.

It is also a full populated NetBSD base system, you can exit from
sysinst (or use Utils/Run /bin/sh) to get a shell and do whatever
you like manually.

Martin


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