From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 21 15:17:26 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EADC01065679 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kuku@kukulies.org) Received: from werkwelt.de (post.werkwelt.de [91.194.85.74]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 849658FC1A for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [87.79.34.228] (account kuku@kukulies.org HELO [172.27.4.215]) by werkwelt.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.13) with ESMTPSA id 6751782; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:17:19 +0100 Message-ID: <4B5861E1.7030800@kukulies.org> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:05 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd1 References: <4B581838.8010107@kukulies.org> <4B586142.3020404@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4B586142.3020404@a1poweruser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot boot FreeBSD (8.0) from USB stick (Dell Inspiron 9400) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:27 -0000 Fbsd1 schrieb: > Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> I installed FreeBSD 8.0 on an USB-stick and was able to boot it on my >> Desktop PC and install 8.0 >> from it. >> >> Now I plugged the same stick into my Dell Inspiron 9400 and the USB >> stick (2GB) is not even listed in the F12 Bios boot menu. >> >> Any clues? >> >> -- >> Christoph >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > Older pc's have bios which do not have option to boot from USB stick. > I think that is so in your case. Check mfg website for bios update. > If not you are SOL. (shit outof luck) I can boot USB sticks in general from that notebook/BIOS. That Dell 9400 isn't that old. Today I tried an another USB stick (16GB) an Ubuntu 9.04 boot image and it worked fine. I saw the boot device under F12 in the bootable device menu. It's definitely not the BIOS. Could be some partition problem (active partition?). Why is it part #4 btw, that FreeBSD resides in and not part #1 ? I followed some FreeBSD howto, if I'm not wrong, to bring the ISO to the USB stick. Think it was a tool from HP to write it to the stick. -- Christoph