| 1 | | On this page I'll try to summarize all info on how get PC-BSD boot from USB Flash drive. |
| 2 | | '''Create Part''' |
| | 1 | On this page I'll try to summarize all info on how get PC-BSD boot from USB Flash drive.[[BR]] |
| | 2 | '''Create Part'''[[BR]] |
| | 3 | 1. We need to get USB Flash drive, formatted in FAT with at least 2Gb+ Free space (1,89Gb I have with 7.1 Beta1)[[BR]] |
| | 4 | 2. We need download DVD-ISO, from [http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/21/11/]. Yes, we aren't downloading USB or USB-bootonly version.[[BR]] |
| | 5 | 3. We need to get any ISO extraction tool. Example: WinRAR [http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm], any Virtual driver (Alcohol, Daemon tools, etc) - mount ISO, and copy - it's the same as extract.[[BR]] |
| | 6 | 4. Extract content of ISO into Flash drive.[[BR]] |
| | 7 | 5. Download archive with additional files here [http://javaz.org/soft/pcbsd-usb.zip]. Archive contains two folders, "files", and "syslinux". Extract both these folders somewhere, e.g. C:\pcbsd[[BR]] |
| | 8 | 6. Go to start menu, "Run" and enter command to run - "cmd". Once you're in command line change directory to where you extracted archive, for example "cd C:\pcbsd\syslinux" Suou should notice from command line prompt that you are there.[[BR]] |
| | 9 | 7. Open "My Computer", carefully look for Drive letter of your USB-Flashdrive, make SURE you didn't mistake! When you know driver letter, enter in command line such command, without quotes: "syslinux -m -a X:" Place correct driver letter instead of X: If no messages appear, then your USB-Flashdrive made bootable successful! You can now close command line.[[BR]] |
| | 10 | 8. Copy content of "C:\pcbsd\files" into your USB Flash drive. All these files should be put directly into root of Flash drive, for example file "C:\pcbsd\files\grub.exe" should be copied to "X:\grub.exe", and all others similar.[[BR]] |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | Yes! We did it! We have our drive.[[BR]] |
| | 13 | But not haste boot from it, you should remember additional steps, better you write it somewhere on paper.[[BR]] |
| | 14 | [[BR]] |
| | 15 | '''Boot Part'''[[BR]] |
| | 16 | [[BR]] |
| | 17 | 1. Make sure you know how boot from USB with your computer. Read some sites would be good.[[BR]] |
| | 18 | 2. Boot from USB, no additional actions required, and you should see this screen:[[BR]] |
| | 19 | [[Image(http://javaz.org/manual/1.png)]][[BR]] |
| | 20 | 3. After short while, you'll see this screen: No actions required too.[[BR]] |
| | 21 | [[Image(http://javaz.org/manual/2.png)]][[BR]] |
| | 22 | 4. One-two more seconds, and seem we are stuck with this screen:[[BR]] |
| | 23 | [[Image(http://javaz.org/manual/3.png)]][[BR]] |
| | 24 | You should enter without quotes command "show", and get something like this:[[BR]] |
| | 25 | [[Image(http://javaz.org/manual/4.png)]][[BR]] |
| | 26 | What is important here, is "currdev" value. For me it's "disk0a:"[[BR]] |
| | 27 | 5. We need to fix this! Enter command "set currdev=disk0s1" and press enter. Remember, if you'll see that in your case currdev isn't "disk0a:", but for example "disk3c'" you must enter command "set currdev=disk3s1". The only important part is "disk" and number.[[BR]] |
| | 28 | After this command we must have no error message, like here:[[BR]] |
| | 29 | [[Image(http://javaz.org/manual/5.png)]][[BR]] |
| | 30 | 6. Last command! Enter "include /boot/loader.rc" without typos, and after minute-two you'll have started setup of PC-BSD![[BR]] |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | '''Remember, that installing from FAT driver is pretty slow, it could took about hour-two. It should be used on;ly if necessary, like installing PC-BSD to some Netbbok without CD/DVD Drive''' |
| | 33 | |
| | 34 | What was used to make this happen: Some files from Unetbootin, Grub4Dos, Syslinux. Screenshots acquired from Qemu. |
| | 35 | Enjoy! |
| 5 | | 1. We need to get USB Flash drive, formatted in FAT with at least 2Gb+ Free space (1,89Gb I have with 7.1 Beta1) |
| 6 | | 2. We need download DVD-ISO, from [http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/21/11/]. Yes, we aren't downloading USB or USB-bootonly version. |
| 7 | | 3. We need to get any ISO extraction tool. Example: WinRAR [http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm], any Virtual driver (Alcohol, Daemon tools, etc) - mount ISO, and copy - it's the same as extract. |
| 8 | | 4. Extract content of ISO into Flash drive. |
| 9 | | 5. Download archive with additional files here [http://javaz.org/soft/pcbsd-usb.zip]. Archive contains two folders, "files", and "syslinux". Extract both these folders somewhere, e.g. C:\pcbsd |
| 10 | | 6. Go to start menu, "Run" and enter command to run - "cmd". Once you're in command line change directory to where you extracted archive, for example "cd C:\pcbsd\syslinux" Suou should notice from command line prompt that you are there. |
| 11 | | 7. Open "My Computer", carefully look for Drive letter of your USB-Flashdrive, make SURE you didn't mistake! When you know driver letter, enter in command line such command, without quotes: "syslinux -m -a X:" Place correct driver letter instead of X: If no messages appear, then your USB-Flashdrive made bootable successful! You can now close command line. |
| 12 | | 8. Copy content of "C:\pcbsd\files" into your USB Flash drive. All these files should be put directly into root of Flash drive, for example file "C:\pcbsd\files\grub.exe" should be copied to "X:\grub.exe", and all others similar. |
