Solved Install and Boot USB Flash Disk

limo

limo

Hi,

I hope this is the right place to post this.
Well, I am currently on EndeavourOS (Arch Linux).
I downloaded from the repos
FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-amd64-20210909-58a7bf124cc-249268-disc1.iso
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I tried to create a bootable USB flash disk, I used:
- Unetbootin
-
Code: 
sudo dd if=FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-amd64-20210909-58a7bf124cc-249268-disc1.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=4M status=progress

Rebooted, F12, selecting USB from the menu,... it boots the OS from the hard disk not the USB.
I tried several times, formatting the USB, overwriting, formatting...
I think my machine is UEFI and ... all that stuff, and unforyunately been trying to access BIOS with no success.
Can you guide me how to get a bootable USB flash disk, please.🥺
I'm so eager to install it NOW!

I'll really appreciate any help.
 
CURRENT is a development branch, also not supported here on Forums. If you want the FreeBSD installer on USB take a *memstick.img image. To write the image on the USB execute:
Code: 
# dd if=FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M conv=sync status=progress
 
limo said:
Apologies... I thought it's OK. I'm just a few minutes old on FreeBSD forums.
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No problem. You should have a look at following topics:
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Also, welcome to forums.
 
T-Daemon said:
CURRENT is a development branch, also not supported here on Forums. If you want the FreeBSD installer on USB take a *memstick.img image. To write the image on the USB execute:
Code: 
# dd if=FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M conv=sync status=progress
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I did exactly the command (just changed to sdc1 as this was the name when inserted)
But:
- F12 -> USB Drive -> black screen with text counting down -> booted the already installed Linux!

Any ideas?
 
limo said:
- F12 -> USB Drive -> black screen with text counting down -> booted the already installed Linux!
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What brand and model is the machine you trying to boot from USB?

What does the counting down text print? Video record with smartphone, pause relevent part during playback, take screenshot, post here.

limo said:
I hope I won't mess things again.
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Nothing wrong with messing up. You learn best by messing up.
 
Do you have more than one USB port? I ask because my machine won't boot from the USB 3.0 port, I have to use one of the USB 2.0 ports instead. That single USB 3.0 port works great for everything EXCEPT booting. Just one of those quirks I guess.
 
limo said:
I did exactly the command (just changed to sdc1 as this was the name when inserted)
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That is a partition on that stick, you have to write it to the whole stick, not a partition on that stick (the image already contains partition info).
 
If you are on Linux use balenaEtcher to create the usb boot.
Select the image, select the usb stick, press write.
Get a coffee, come back 10 min later and all done.
 
T-Daemon said:
What brand and model is the machine you trying to boot from USB?
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System: Host: lenovo Kernel: 5.10.70-1-lts x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5
Distro: EndeavourOS
Machine: Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20157 v: Lenovo G580 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: Emerald Lake 2 v: FAB1 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO
v: 62CN34WW date: 04/26/2012
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 27.9 Wh (99.3%) condition: 28.1/42.8 Wh (65.6%)
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3210M bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 3 MiB
Speed: 2865 MHz min/max: 1200/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2865 2: 2863 3: 2863 4: 2867
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: Acer Lenovo Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio: Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.70-1-lts running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 08:ed:b9:97:27:0f
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR8162 Fast Ethernet driver: alx
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: f0:de:f1:fd:53:97
Bluetooth: Device-1: Foxconn / Hon Hai Broadcom BCM20702 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: down bt-service: disabled rfk-block: hardware: no
software: no address: see --recommends
Drives: Local Storage: total: 523.07 GiB used: 29.35 GiB (5.6%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST9500325AS size: 465.76 GiB
ID-2: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 57.3 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 456.88 GiB used: 26.94 GiB (5.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap: ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 290.9 MiB (56.8%) file: /swapfile
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 64.0 C mobo: 47.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 179 Uptime: 19m Memory: 3.69 GiB used: 2 GiB (54.3%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.05
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I have a USB where I booted and installed EndeavourOS, I tried it again and it booted as it should.
 
SirDice said:
That is a partition on that stick, you have to write it to the whole stick, not a partition on that stick (the image already contains partition info).
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Those are my lsblk:
Code: 
[limo@lenovo Downloads]$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk  
|-sda1   8:1    0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
`-sda2   8:2    0 465.3G  0 part /
sdb      8:16   1     0B  0 disk  
sdc      8:32   1  57.3G  0 disk  
`-sdc1   8:33   1  57.3G  0 part /run/media/limo/BSD
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
[limo@lenovo Downloads]$

So, I did the command exactly as posted to me, and did it again but changing sdb1 to be sdc1.

I am really confused.
 
I just did:
[limo@lenovo Downloads]$ sudo dd if=FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1M conv=sync sta
tus=progress
[sudo] password for limo:
1067450368 bytes (1.1 GB, 1018 MiB) copied, 33 s, 32.3 MB/s
1040+1 records in
1041+0 records out
1091567616 bytes (1.1 GB, 1.0 GiB) copied, 33.6031 s, 32.5 MB/s
[limo@lenovo Downloads]$
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Now, in Dolphin I see USB empty!

OMG! I feel so bad! Never ever since I started with computers since first desktop (8088 processor) I felt so helpless!:mad::'‑(

Maybe I need to start from scratch, knowing exactly what drive is my USB, Formatting it, having ownership to write into it, then dd.

I hope someone helps me with required commands.
 
The stick itself is sdc, a partition on that stick is sdc1. You need to write that image to sdc.
 
SirDice said:
The stick itself is sdc, a partition on that stick is sdc1. You need to write that image to sdc.
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Thanks a lot Sir "SirDice"

I finally did it and booted.
I'll go install NOW!

My humble understanding FreeBSD will boot to a terminal (just black screen/command line).
Once there, I will go to '
Installing a Desktop Environment on FreeBSD[/HEADING]
to install KDE and start from there.
I generally follow the "old wisdom" to go with the "defaults".
UPDATE: I selected UFS not ZFS. I added “ports” as well.

Any guidance, hints, recommendations, do or don't do whether during installation or installing KDE?

I really appreciate your support. You just gave me a "new life"🙏
 
Just to update you.
Finally booted and logged in as user limo
Though I doubt I did the network and WiFi properly during installation.

Anyway job done.
I really thank you and appreciate your patience.
🎉🥳🎉🥳
 
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