Dedicated Mode

[Niatross]

I want to learn how to create a bootable dangerously dedicated disk on a USB flash drive. What would be the commands to accomplish this? I have these so far:

gpart create -s BSD da1
gpart add -t freebsd-ufs da1
newfs -U da1a

What command or commands would I use to make it bootable? Would I have to use one of the following commands (or would I use both of them):

gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr da1
gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot da1

 

[wblock@]

Why use dangerously dedicated mode? It has no advantages over a standard MBR or GPT.

 

[Niatross]

I understand that. I just wanted to know the steps.

Could you help me?

I just wanted to know if the following command is the only thing needed to make it bootable:

gpart bootcode -b /boot/boot da1

I shouldn't have to use the following command since I have no MBR partition (AKA: slice). Right?

gpart bootcode -b /boot/mbr da1

 

[wblock@]

I think that's correct, but have not tested. Seriously, there is no reason to use dangerously dedicated when standards like MBR and GPT exist.

 

[Niatross]

I am going to use GPT. I was just curious on how to setup dedicated mode. Never tried it before.