Install from a USB Pen

[Fbsd1]

Randi Harper wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Fbsd1 <fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> 
>> Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to
>> download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another
>> method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd does no
>> compression of the data.
> 
> 
> -rw-r--r--    1 110      1002     346845184 Jul 16 02:04
> 8.0-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso
> -rw-r--r--    1 110      1002     917391360 Jul 16 02:00
> 8.0-BETA2-i386-memstick.img
> 
> Note the filesize. This may be the reason it took 3 times longer. Just a
> guess.
> 
> 
>> Using a 8gb memstick as the target to install 8.0 on took 2 times longer
>> than disc1 cd installing to same 8gb memstick.
> 
> 
> Might have something to do with the amount of data being written. Again,
> just a guess. Are you sure it wasn't 3 times longer?
> 
> 
>> Selected the [STANDARD/KERNEL DEVELOPER] distribution, It completed
>> successfully, but the new 8.0 8gb memstick was not recognized as bootable.
> 
> 
> I don't know why that's the case as I am unable to reproduce this problem,
> but if the memstick.img is <1GB, why are you using an 8GB memstick instead
> of the 2GB?
> 
> 
>> Here is a script i have used in the past to convert the disc1.iso to
>> bootable memstick. Maybe its better to add this script to the place where
>> 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso is located in place of the memstick.img.
>> That way the 3 times larger memstick.img is not needed any more.
> 
> 
> No. If you took a look at the contents of the memstick, you'd realize it's
> not just a copy of disc1. It also includes livefs. This is probably why the
> memstick.img is so much bigger. :D
> 
> -- randi
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Instead of combining disc1 and livefs into a single memstick.img would't 
it be better to make 2 memstick images. One of disc1 and one of livefs. 
This matches the standard all ready in place.