copy usb OS

[mtnlyon001]

I run FreeBSD from a 4G USB drive and I would like to plug another 4G USB drive into the system and copy the OS on to it. Is this possible and if so, could you please tell me how.

Thanks

 

[jrick]

You can use dd for that. First see what your first flash drive's device is (probably something like da0). Then you can plug in your second drive and (assuming it's da1) you can do something like

dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/da1

 

[graudeejs]

dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/da1 bs=1m

will work faster

 

[michaelrmgreen]

This running-FBSD-from-an-USB-stick of which you speak. I would like to hear more about it. Dish the dirt technical wise.

 

[graudeejs]

This running-FBSD-from-an-USB-stick of which you speak. I would like to hear more about it. Dish the dirt technical wise.

It's easy.... simply treat your flash as HDD, install FreeBSD on it and boot from it. I've done this many times

 

[Bormental]

http://bsdimp.blogspot.com/2007/10/building-bootable-freebsdi386-images.html
It can help with the decision of some questions, at least how to prepare usb the carrier