Hello! There is a typo in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE Announcement: # dd if=8.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=10240 conv=sync should be # dd if=8.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1024k conv=sync Best regards, -- 0110001101100100