Subject: Install NetBSD from a USB memory stick?
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Steven Sartorius <ssartor@bellatlantic.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/19/2006 19:56:52
All,
I'm in the process of putting together a small form factor box to use
as a file server/mail server/firewall etc. for my home network. To
simplify things (and to trim the cost) I'd rather not install a
floppy or optical drive. The box will boot from a USB stick so I'd
like to try and install NetBSD this way. A quick Google turned up
LiveKey which was interesting but not quite what I wanted -- I want
to install NetBSD from the USB stick onto the machine's hard drive.
In effect, I'd like to "burn" a NetBSD .iso file onto the memory
stick; when I boot from the stick I drop right into sysinst. Anyone
done this before? Any tips/advice?
thanks,
Steve