This could be done other ways, and much easier in case you had a FreeBSD machine already where you could just stick in the USB flash and mount a cd on, however, here is how it can be done with something like virtualbox. I have used this recipe numerous times, and it was now time to write it down.
What you need to get it done:
- VirtualBOX
- A downloaded .iso image of FreeBSD/PC-BSD
- A USB flash stick that can be erased and that has enough space to hold the contents of the .iso image
- Patience (while copying stuff onto USB flash)
In this recipe PC-BSD 9-BETA1.5 was used, however the procedure is similar for FreeBSD:
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