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## Copying the installation image to the memory stick |
## Copying the installation image to the memory stick |
To prepare the memory stick under a Unix system you can just use |
To prepare the memory stick under a Unix system you can just use |
[[!template id=man name="dd" section="1"]]. |
[[!template id=man name="dd" section="1"]]. |
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Whenever using dd(1), remember to set the blocksize by specifying the |
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<code>bs</code> parameter in order to speed up the write to the installation |
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media a bit (e.g. 1m). |
For example if the memory stick is recognized as sd0 (**Warning: this will |
For example if the memory stick is recognized as sd0 (**Warning: this will |
overwrite all the contents on your memory stick**): |
overwrite all the contents on your memory stick**): |
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# gunzip NetBSD-6.0-i386-install.img.gz |
# gunzip NetBSD-6.0-i386-install.img.gz |
# dd if=NetBSD-6.0-i386-install.img of=/dev/rsd0d |
# dd if=NetBSD-6.0-i386-install.img of=/dev/rsd0d bs=1m |
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Whenever using dd(1), remember to set the blocksize by specifying the |
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<code>bs</code> parameter, at least with a value of 4K, i.e. the call would end |
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up with: |
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# dd if=NetBSD-6.0-i386-install.img of=/dev/rsd0d bs=4K |
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## Installation process |
## Installation process |
After NetBSD is booted from the memory stick the installation process is |
After NetBSD is booted from the memory stick the installation process is |