You've managed to make something that is really quite simple very complicated.
To format a USB stick into FAT:
It's a good idea to do this any time you buy a new flash drive.
To create a bootable USB stick first CD into the directory the .img file you want to work with is in. (I have also used this method to make a bootable USB stick from a Kali and a Debian .iso file.)
Now use the following command:
That's all there is to it. You almost had it the first time but were not using BSD naming scheme on your GhostBSD box.
I realize this is an older thread but wanted to clear that up.
Hello Everybody
I am planning to install Fedora core 8 on an extra PC I have; what I wanna do is to boot from a USB stick then install Fedora from an ISO image I already have via FTP. Could any one tell me how to create bootable USB Stick for Fedora as I already found how to install from FTP... (0 Replies)
I have a P-Series Machine running AIX 5.3, it has a USB Port on the front of the server, can I use a USB Stick on AIX platforms?? if so how..:rolleyes: (2 Replies)
I inserted a 8GB usb stick in a number of machine with FreeBSD 7.1, but the medium was not detected:
$ dmesg | grep MB
usable memory = 4263022592 (4065 MB)
avail memory = 4082540544 (3893 MB)
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
ad0: 238475MB <WDC WD2500BEVT-00ZCT0... (6 Replies)
Dummies questions, perfect for this. I cannot mount my idiotic usb stick on Slackware, I input the following on non-graphic mode as root:
Mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1/usbstick
usbstick is the folder i created for mounting my USB, the file system is FAT, and everytime I input that I get some kind... (2 Replies)
When mounting a USB stick or pen drive on a FreeBSD machine I always issue the following command:
mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt
Something I have always wondered is what the option msdosfs stands for and more importantly, why it is necessary. (7 Replies)
Hello,
i am using a solaris thinclient that tries to connecting to a terminalserver. (RDP) Everything works fine, but the usb redirection. If i put in a usb stick i always get 2 usb-drives mounted. If i look in /tmp/SUNWut/mnt/<name of the host> i see 2 devices. One with the name of the... (2 Replies)
Hey Guys
I have an Ubuntu CD and I was thinking of creating like a bootable hard drive with various OS so that I can just boot OSs with t drive and not require the CDs. I was just wondering is there a way I can do this, like have Ubuntu boot from a USB stick? If yes how is that possible(even if I... (3 Replies)
hi
Howto mount an USB stick under SCO 5.0.7?
BTW ist it possible to mount USB stick in the command line using 'tools' at the Boot: prompt from OpenServer Release 5.0.7 installation CD? (1 Reply)
I'd like to install the OS on my stick. I would like to be able to save my works there and install apps or customize the OS.
What can I do
Ps. At home I use an iMac, but in the school where I work there are only PC...
Ty (2 Replies)
I am trying to use a USB (Pen?) drive on Unixware 7.1.4.
The USB stick is in the machine and the machine recognises it when I enter usbprobe as follows:
Path - Address Description
-----------------------------
+++++++ BUS #2
0 - 1 - HUB "UHCI Root Hub"
1 - 2 - HID "Chicony Wireless Device"... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
gconcat
GCONCAT(8) BSD System Manager's Manual GCONCAT(8)NAME
gconcat -- disk concatenation control utility
SYNOPSIS
gconcat create [-v] name prov ...
gconcat destroy [-fv] name ...
gconcat label [-hv] name prov ...
gconcat stop [-fv] name ...
gconcat clear [-v] prov ...
gconcat dump prov ...
gconcat list
gconcat status
gconcat load
gconcat unload
DESCRIPTION
The gconcat utility is used for device concatenation configuration. The concatenation can be configured using two different methods:
``manual'' or ``automatic''. When using the ``manual'' method, no metadata are stored on the devices, so the concatenated device has to be
configured by hand every time it is needed. The ``automatic'' method uses on-disk metadata to detect devices. Once devices are labeled,
they will be automatically detected and configured.
The first argument to gconcat indicates an action to be performed:
create Concatenate the given devices with specified name. This is the ``manual'' method. The kernel module geom_concat.ko will be loaded
if it is not loaded already.
label Concatenate the given devices with the specified name. This is the ``automatic'' method, where metadata are stored in every
device's last sector. The kernel module geom_concat.ko will be loaded if it is not loaded already.
stop Turn off existing concatenate device by its name. This command does not touch on-disk metadata!
destroy Same as stop.
clear Clear metadata on the given devices.
dump Dump metadata stored on the given devices.
list See geom(8).
status See geom(8).
load See geom(8).
unload See geom(8).
Additional options:
-f Force the removal of the specified concatenated device.
-h Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
-v Be more verbose.
SYSCTL VARIABLES
The following sysctl(8) variables can be used to control the behavior of the CONCAT GEOM class. The default value is shown next to each
variable.
kern.geom.concat.debug: 0
Debug level of the CONCAT GEOM class. This can be set to a number between 0 and 3 inclusive. If set to 0 minimal debug information
is printed, and if set to 3 the maximum amount of debug information is printed.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
EXAMPLES
The following example shows how to configure four disks for automatic concatenation, create a file system on it, and mount it:
gconcat label -v data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 /dev/da3
newfs /dev/concat/data
mount /dev/concat/data /mnt
[...]
umount /mnt
gconcat stop data
gconcat unload
Configure concatenated provider on one disk only. Create file system. Add two more disks and extend existing file system.
gconcat label data /dev/da0
newfs /dev/concat/data
gconcat label data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
growfs /dev/concat/data
SEE ALSO geom(4), loader.conf(5), geom(8), growfs(8), gvinum(8), mount(8), newfs(8), sysctl(8), umount(8)HISTORY
The gconcat utility appeared in FreeBSD 5.3.
AUTHORS
Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
BSD May 21, 2004 BSD