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[SOLVED - FreeBSD] cannot create bootable Linux USB... - berk - 03-07-2013
To use as a rescue-disk, I needed something able to mount ext4 filesystems. I tried dd-ing the iso image to /dev/da0, but in the end when I try to boot it I just get a black screen with a blinking cursor.
Now the problem is getting bigger, I cannot do anything to the USB. I cannot do -anything- to it. Here's the transcript of my terminal session:
Code:
root@mothership:/home/berk # ls /dev/*da*
/dev/ada0 /dev/ada0p2 /dev/ada1s1
/dev/ada0p1 /dev/ada1 /dev/da0
root@mothership:/home/berk # gpart show
=> 34 156301421 ada0 GPT (74G)
34 128 1 freebsd-boot (64k)
162 155189120 2 freebsd-ufs (74G)
155189282 1112173 - free - (543M)
=> 63 488397105 ada1 MBR (232G)
63 488397105 1 linux-data (232G)
root@mothership:/home/berk # gpart show /dev/da0
gpart: No such geom: /dev/da0.Losing my mind.
RE: <FreeBSD> cannot create bootable Linux USB... - yrmt - 03-07-2013
gpart create /dev/da0?
RE: <FreeBSD> cannot create bootable Linux USB... - berk - 03-07-2013
(03-07-2013, 01:14 PM)Beastie Wrote: gpart create /dev/da0?
* berk feels like a noob
Okay, can I safely dd an iso now? It shows up on gpart show.
Edit: when I dd an iso it disappears from gpart show and fdisk says that the partition table is incorrect, etc.
RE: <FreeBSD> cannot create bootable Linux USB... - yrmt - 03-07-2013
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0
Then dd the ISO file.