I never use the pre-built ISO images for tasks like this. Here is a script I use to build my own USB boot drive. The drive contains the full OS to boot and also a copy used to create a new system. I make these boot drives from time to time, to stay current. Please note the script is few years old (for 9-stable) and you might want to twiddle with boot partition size if they grew. You need to have done bouildworld/buildkernel on the host before using this script. $ cat createuboot #!/bin/sh # target USB drive to write to disk=da1 # use the current date for labels today=`date "+%Y%m%d"` # wipe out partition data form drive # do it twice to wipe more stuff (might not be needed anymore) gpart destroy -F $disk gpart create -s GPT $disk gpart destroy -F $disk # GPT label the drive gpart create -s GPT $disk # bootstrap partition gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd-boot $disk # partition for the OS gpart add -a 4k -t freebsd-ufs -l boot$today $disk # write bootstrap code gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 $disk # format file system newfs /dev/gpt/boot$today # mount file system mount -o async /dev/gpt/boot$today /mnt # install FreeBSD cd /usr/src make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt make distribution DESTDIR=/mnt make installkernel DESTDIR=/mnt # Create new “clean” copy of FreeBSD for later use mkdir -p /mnt/root/FreeBSD make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt/root/FreeBSD make distribution DESTDIR=/mnt/root/FreeBSD make installkernel DESTDIR=/mnt/root/FreeBSD # copy scripts cp -r ~/scripts /mnt/root echo /dev/gpt/boot$today / ufs rw,noatime 0 1 > /mnt/etc/fstab umount /mnt You might add more customizations, such as dhclient and starting sshd in /etc/rc.conf of the boot drive. Hope this helps… Daniel > On 18.01.2017 г., at 9:45, O. Hartmann <ohartmann_at_walstatt.org> wrote: > > I ran into a very nasty situation where I need to save/restore/reinstall a > in-installworld-crashed recent current. > > While the /usr/obj and /usr/src as well as /etc folders are intact (residing on > a Samsung 850 pro SSD with UFS and journaling), /boot/kernel vanished and > most binaries in /bin and /sbin are of Null size. > > I treid to rescue the system by intending to use the most recent CURRENT ISO > image found on the snapshot server for USB drives, booted this successfully and > then mounted the failes filesystems into the proper place (/usr/obj > and /usr/src onto USB devices /usr/obj and /usr/src respectively, the rest goes > into /mnt). > > I tried then to perform a make installworld with DESTDIR=/mnt set. But I fail: > the minimalistic USB image does not have any CLANG/LLVM stuff required for the > rescue! > > Where the hell did this stuff go? Has it been ripped off due to the 1 GB > ancient flash size? > > Help is needed. I've already posted to CURRENT a message, but I guess I always > hit the wrong subject line. It seems that the key to my saviour is to have a > flash drive with a recent CURRENT containing a cc compiler - otherwise /usr/obj > is useless. > > Kind reards, > > Oliver > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Wed Jan 18 2017 - 07:46:46 UTC
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