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by scjet
Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:50 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Bootable GhostBSD USB-flashdrive (using Linux 'dd').
Replies: 4
Views: 10231

Re: Bootable GhostBSD USB-flashdrive (using Linux 'dd').

Hi Eric, if you read my top post, you'll see I have it working fine, with any of the 3 examples of "dd" lines that I listed. I'm just saying "bs=1m" is not a valid command in Linux (specifically Arch Linux). You need to modify your "FAQ", or "Help" section I t...
by scjet
Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:36 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Bootable GhostBSD USB-flashdrive (using Linux 'dd').
Replies: 4
Views: 10231

Re: Bootable GhostBSD USB-flashdrive (using Linux 'dd').

Try this it has worked for some people. sudo dd if=GhostBSD-3.0-i386.img of=/dev/sdx bs=1M && sync The first method I tried was same as above, but with "bs=1M ; sync" -but it didn't work, hence maybe your "&&" is better since according to some docs: "...&...
by scjet
Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:23 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: Bootable GhostBSD USB-flashdrive (using Linux 'dd').
Replies: 4
Views: 10231

Bootable GhostBSD USB-flashdrive (using Linux 'dd').

According to the GhostBSD faq here: http://ghostbsd.org -> HELP -> FAQ: http://wiki.ghostbsd.org/index.php?title=FAQ#On_Linux sudo dd if=GhostBSD-3.5-amd64.img of=/dev/sdf bs=1m conv=sync Except that I got an error: dd: invalid number ‘1m’ (-Linux don't like the small "m", for some strange...
by scjet
Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:03 am
Forum: Installing GhostBSD
Topic: [SOLVE]unable to boot AMD64bit from USB
Replies: 4
Views: 8216

Re: [SOLVE]unable to boot AMD64bit from USB

"dd if=G*.img of=/dev/sdb sz=1M && sync" ???

what is the option/operand "sz=", I don't see any "sz" in any dd man pages. Do you mean "bs", instead of "sz" ?