USB Flash Drive issues

Questions about the installation of FreeBSD
Post Reply
jack308
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:14 pm

USB Flash Drive issues

Post by jack308 »

Hello,

I have made several attempts at making a bootable usb flash drive. It's 16 GB so it has enough.

First I tried the Linux Mint "Make bootable USB stick" feature. It wrote the iso but it won't mount. I can't boot my pc with it in the port. It freezes at the Compaq logo screen.

The same results after I tried in the terminal window: sudo dd if=GhostBSD-20.08.04.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4M conv=sync as suggested in the Pre-Installation Tasks page for Linux.

Also tried Windows 10 using Rufus. Same result. Win32 disk imager wouldn't write to the flash drive.

I then erased the drive using zeroes with: sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M and then used the dd write command as listed above but it still gives me the same results.

Here is a png of the error I am getting in Linux Mint.
Error for GhostBSD 20.08.04
Error for GhostBSD 20.08.04
User avatar
slughorn
Posts: 135
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:55 pm

Re: USB Flash Drive issues

Post by slughorn »

jack308
Posts: 4
Joined: Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:14 pm

Re: USB Flash Drive issues

Post by jack308 »

Yes, I used the command: sudo dd if=GhostBSD-20.08.04.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=4M conv=sync

There's nothing wrong with the drive, as I am using it for another project right now.
Post Reply