Before you begin, download the image.
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 ddcommand
will destroy any existing data on the target disk.
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3
gunzip smartos-latest-USB.img.gz
sudo dd bs=1m if=smartos-latest-USB.img of=/dev/rdiskX
Eject the volume
diskutil eject /dev/disk3
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.
gunzip smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img.gz
dd if=smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img of=/dev/sdb bs=1024
.img file..img file from the
.gz file.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
gunzip smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img.gz
dd if=smartos-$RELEASE-usb.img of=/dev/rdsk/c6t0d0p0 bs=1024k
Find the USB key’s disk identifier using gpart.
# gpart list
Geom name: ada0
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 16
fwsectors: 63
last: 468862087
first: 40
entries: 152
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: ada0p1
Mediasize: 209715200 (200M)
Sectorsize: 512
Stripesize: 4096
Stripeoffset: 0
Mode: r0w0e0
efimedia: HD(1,GPT,abb52720-44c0-11ea-a4dc-0025902dffd4,0x28,0x64000)
rawuuid: abb52720-44c0-11ea-a4dc-0025902dffd4
rawtype: c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
label: efiboot0
length: 209715200
offset: 20480
type: efi
index: 1
end: 409639
start: 40
2. Name: ada0p2
... skipping
Geom name: da0
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 15248831
first: 63
entries: 4
scheme: MBR
Providers:
1. Name: da0s1
Mediasize: 1999564800 (1.9G)
Sectorsize: 512
Stripesize: 0
Stripeoffset: 307200
Mode: r1w1e2
efimedia: HD(1,MBR,00000000,0x258,0x3b9778)
attrib: active
rawtype: 12
length: 1999564800
offset: 307200
type: fat32lba
index: 1
end: 3905999
start: 600
Consumers:
1. Name: da0
Mediasize: 7807401984 (7.3G)
Sectorsize: 512
Mode: r1w1e3
The USB device da0 is our target. In our case it already had a partition.
Don’t mount the stick. Copy img file using dd (may need root depending on
your setup):
# dd if=smartos-latest-USB.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1024
Stick the USB key in a port and boot from it!