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Macintosh
- Insert your USB key.
All data on the USB key will be replaced.
- Find the USB key's disk identifier.
$ diskutil list /dev/disk0 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *500.1 GB disk0 1: EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 499.8 GB disk0s2 /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: Apple_partition_scheme *998.1 GB disk2 1: Apple_partition_map 32.3 KB disk2s1 2: Apple_HFSX Time Machine Backups 998.1 GB disk2s2 /dev/disk3 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: FDisk_partition_scheme *4.0 GB disk3 1: Windows_FAT_32 NONAME 995.2 MB disk3s1
In this case, the USB key disk identifier /dev/disk3.
It's likely that your device location will be different.
- Unmount the USB key and copy the image to it. Use /dev/rdiskX instead of /dev/diskX with the dd command to speed the transfer.
Be sure to double check the disk identifier. The dd command will destroy any existing data on the target disk.
$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3 $ bunzip2 latest-USB.img.bz2 $ dd bs=1M if=latest-USB.img of=/dev/disk3
- Set the active partition
These instructions set the 1st partition to be active. Make sure you use fdisk carefully, set the correct partition to be active and don't make typos! The fdisk command can destroy data on your disk(s). See details of Macintosh version of fdisk using man fdisk.
$ fdisk -e /dev/disk3 $ f 1 $ p $ w $ q
- Eject the volume
$ diskutil eject /dev/disk3
Linux
- Insert your USB key.
All data on the USB key will be replaced.
- Find the USB key's disk identifier.
$ fdisk -l 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x7ecb51e2 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 52 409600 27 Unknown Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 52 18959 151870464 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 18959 30432 92158977 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda4 30432 60802 243944472 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda5 18959 30432 92158976 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 7958 MB, 7958691840 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 967 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 243 1951866 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
In this case, the USB key disk identifier /dev/sdb.
It's likely that your device location will be different.
- Copy the image to the USB key.
Be sure to double check the disk identifier. The dd command will destroy any existing data on the target disk.
$ bunzip2 smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img.bz2 $ dd if=smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1024
- Flag partition on USB key as bootable.
$ fdisk /dev/sdb Command (m for help): p 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 967 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 243 1951866 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Command (m for help): a Partition number (1-4): 1 Command (m for help): p 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 967 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 243 1951866 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8) Syncing disks.
Windows
- Install Zip Utility
Joyent provides compressed images in the .bz2 file format. 7-Zip http://www.7-zip.org/ is a free open source utility that supports .bz2 files on Windows.
- Install Disk Imaging Utility
The open-source utility "win32diskimager" https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager from the Ubuntu project will safely and properly burn the .img file.
- Download the .bz2 image from https://download.joyent.com/pub/iso/.
- Unzip the .bz2 file
Use 7-Zip to extract the .img files from the .bz2 file.
- Insert your USB key.
All data on the USB key will be replaced.
- Burn the .img file
Use win32diskimager to burn the .img file to the USB key.
OpenIndiana
- Insert your USB key.
All data on the USB key will be replaced.
- Find the USB key's disk identifier.
$ rmformat Looking for devices... 1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0 Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,1/ide@0/sd@0,0 Connected Device: QSI DVD-RAM SDW-086 ES71 Device Type: CD Reader Bus: IDE Size: <Unknown> Label: <Unknown> Access permissions: <Unknown> 2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c6t0d0p0 Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci104d,8212@1d,7/storage@3/disk@0,0 Connected Device: Kingston DataTravelerMini PMAP Device Type: Removable Bus: USB Size: 984.0 MB Label: USBKEY Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.
In this case, the USB key disk identifier /dev/rdsk/c6t0d0p0.
It's likely that your device location will be different.
- Unmount the USB (if necessary) key and copy the image to it.
Be sure to double check the disk identifier. The dd command will destroy any existing data on the target disk.
$ umount /media/USBKEY $ bunzip2 smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img.bz2 $ dd if=smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img of=/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0 bs=1024k
And then...
Stick the USB key in a port and boot from it!
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