From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 21:29:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13C041065680 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 21:29:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF0F28FC3B for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 21:29:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with ESMTP id <0JXF00ERQL1266E0@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:29:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.173.59]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-3.01 (built Jul 12 2007; 32bit)) with SMTP id <0JXF001NXL110HA0@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:29:26 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:29:25 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20080308222925.b1f7e9b7.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-reply-to: <200803081611.54820.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <200803061742.34291.vincent@netaktiv.com> <200803070913.12978.jhb@freebsd.org> <200803071418.43480.lists@jnielsen.net> <200803081611.54820.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Subject: Re: BTX on USB pen drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:29:38 -0000 On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:11:54 -0500 John Nielsen wrote: > Success! I was able to boot my laptop from my USB stick built with > the btx_real patch (after I modified hunk 1 to work with the 7-STABLE > sources). Using the same stick on a different (Acer) laptop I was Interesting. Which Acer model is that? The laptop I have troubles booting from usb is an Acer Aspire 5672. I boot from an usb hard drive, not a memory stick, but that shouldn't make a matter, right? > able to get farther in the boot than previously--it won't even boot > from a standard CD, but with the stick it got to the menu (and THEN > did a btx register dump, but it didn't loop/scroll). > > In case anyone (like Torfinn) is interested, I'm attaching my > modified patch. If you already applied jhb's patch then you should be > able to just cut out the first hunk from mine and apply it. Thanks. I already used the latest revision (1.45) of btx.S and applied jhb's patch to that. Unfortunately, it didn't work. See another message in this thread. Am I correct in thinking that your modified patch wouldn't help me? -- Regards, Torfinn