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On 06/05/2012 13:55, Curt Dox wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Kris
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<div class="h5"> On 06/05/2012 13:35, Curt Dox wrote: </div>
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<div class="h5">Hello!<br>
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I would like to know if there is already an easy way
to discover the version/type of any particular USB
stick after it has been burned but *without* needing
to boot it. Is there a readme file or some other sort
of distinguishing feature that could be easily found
that would indicate which USB image was burned?<br>
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If such a thing does not exist, I would like to
suggest a small readme/manifest file that would be in
an easily reached location within each USB, right
inside / if possible would be difficult to miss.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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If you can mount the USB stick, you should see a
"pcbsd-media" file on it, which contains the version string.
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I was unaware of that file. However, the stick in question is
identified by that file as '9.0-BETA3' which for it is only a
version number, and says nothing of whether it is the liveusb or
boot-only or usbfull or what. Another usb stick is identified by
that file as '9.0'.<br>
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I would like to suggest adding the iso/img type: full, lite,
boot-only, etc, and also add the architecture: i386 or amd64,
unless we choose to be more precise with 32-bit vs 64-bit.<br>
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Thank you!<br>
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Good idea! I've added a new "pcbsd-media-details" file, which will
be on every media type. It'll contain something like this:<br>
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"PC-BSD 9.0 amd64 LIVE DVD/USB - Wed Jun 6 14:46:35 EDT 2012" <br>
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That should be enough details to let us figure out what it is :)<br>
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