Flashdist binary image installation instructions

Installing from OpenBSD

OpenBSD users will want to use growimg.sh

You will want to know C/H/S values for your destination media ahead of time with growimg.sh.

Slow write method for a 1GB CF with 1986 cyls, 16 heads, 63 sectors:

gzip -d flashimg-20090227.GENERIC.console.gz ./growimg.sh 1986 16 63 flashimg-20090227.GENERIC.console dd if=newimg.1234 of=/dev/sdXc bs=126b

Fast write method for a 1GB CF with 1986 cyls, 16 heads, 63 sectors:

gzip -d flashimg-20090227.GENERIC.console.gz ./growimg.sh -t sdX 1986 16 63 flashimg-20090227.GENERIC.console

Installing from other BSD, Linux, Mac OS X

Sorry, no ability to resize images here.

gzip -d flashimg-20090227.GENERIC.console.gz dd if=flashimg-20090227.GENERIC.console.gz of=/dev/sdXc bs=126b

Installing from Windows

Sorry, no ability to resize images here. Uncompress the image and then use physdiskwrite

To modify (change rc, change boot.conf, change kernel, install nsh, etc) just use vnconfig:

gzip -d flashimg-20090227.NET45xx.com0-19200 vnconfig svnd0 flashimg-20090227.NET45xx.com0-19200 mount /dev/svnd0a /mnt cd /mnt/etc vi rc cp /local/nsh/nsh /mnt/bin/nsh mkdir -p /mnt/usr/local/bin cp /local/nsh/save-ro.sh /mnt/usr/local/bin/save.sh chmod 0755 /mnt/usr/local/bin/save.sh umount /mnt vnconfig -u svnd0