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Re: Update
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:24 pm
by ASX
please do not use unetbootin, use "dd" command:
from a bsd OS:
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dd if=image.iso of=/dev/daX bs=1m conv=sync
from linux:
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dd if=image.is of=/dev/sdX bs=1M conv=sync
Re: Update
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:09 pm
by hank2000
ok!
It will have to wait til friday but I ll give it another shot then!
cheers
Achim
Re: Update
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:37 pm
by ericbsd
Do it with dd!
Writing the iso to a USB stick
On BSD
dd if=GhostBSD10.3-RELEASE-20160829-214135-mate-amd64.iso of=/dev/da0 bs=1m
On LInux
dd if=GhostBSD10.3-RELEASE-20160829-214135-mate-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=1M
On Mac
dd if=GhostBSD10.3-RELEASE-20160829-214135-mate-amd64.iso of=/dev/disk2 bs=1024
Re: Update
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 2:45 am
by hank2000
Hi Eric, ASX
I have to delay next attempts.
Got a phone call yesterday that my father is very ill, so i ll travel to my hometown (700km) today over weekend to look after him.
Will catch up next week.
sorry folks.
best
Achim
Re: Update
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:10 am
by ASX
Of course, free software works "as time allow". Do not worry, we can wait.
Best wishes to you and your father.
Re: Update
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 3:15 pm
by hank2000
Hi there
back from Aachen but clueless after trying 3 times to dd the iso to stick and boot from it!
dd worked well it seems, but when stick hanged out and put into one of my netbooks, I only get the "GRUB" text and that s it...
what do i do wrong or what s missing? I have no experience with removable media and my last editing of grub.conf or any start script is "lightyears" away!
best Achim
Re: Update
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:27 pm
by ASX
I do not own any netbook, but I've tested GhostBSD 10.3 on a eee pc 1015px, using a dd-ed USB stick, it worked smootly.
Re: Update
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:10 pm
by ericbsd
hank2000 give us the command and output of it.
Re: Update
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 1:56 pm
by hank2000
ericbsd wrote:hank2000 give us the command and output of it.
well: I used the "dd if=GhostBSD11.0-PREALPHA3-20161203-101455-mate-i386.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M" command under linux as root, the copying went smoothly, it told me about xxxx packages in and out and then: "1798 datasets +1 in and out" and "1,9GB copied" and back to prompt!
Then I unhook the stick put it in a free USB slot, change from HDD boot to removable device boot in "boot priority" in BIOS and at start I get:
"GRUB" ..... and that s it!
no commands possible to add, no menue to choose from, just no reaction!
That s why I asked if I missed something to add prior to booting?
same reaction on my Asus eee, my Nokia netbook and my HP Pavilion dv6000
best Achim
Re: Update
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:41 pm
by hank2000
additional question:
putting GhostBSD 10.3 add. to Linux Mint as a dual boot:
Linux on 1st primary part. + swap part.
GhostBSD on 2nd primary part + 2. (BSD) swap = possible? (Asus eee with same HDD for both systems)
best
Achim