From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 16 17:41:43 2008 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 E8544106564A for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:41:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1BC18FC1B for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:41:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from [192.168.3.245] (jn@stealth.jnielsen.net [74.218.226.254]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id m3GHff1B049370; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:41:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) From: John Nielsen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:41:40 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <5785.209.183.149.162.1208350541.squirrel@209.183.149.162> In-Reply-To: <5785.209.183.149.162.1208350541.squirrel@209.183.149.162> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804161341.40966.lists@jnielsen.net> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.4, clamav-milter version 0.88.4 on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: fredslists@execulink.com Subject: Re: Booting 7.0 off of USB Flash Card.... 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: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:41:44 -0000 On Wednesday 16 April 2008 08:55:41 am fredslists@execulink.com wrote: > I'm a newbie to FreeBSD and I've installed 7.0 on a USB flash card, but > I can't seem to boot off of > it. I don't get an error message, the PC just goes through POST, then > re-cycles and continues this loop. > > I was able to get OpenBSD to boot off of this flash card, so I know my > hardware setup is ok. > > A couple other things I tried, from the loader prompt: > > set currdev=disk1s1a: > load /boot/kernel/kernel > > but I just get BTX halted. > > Just wondering if anyone else has seen this issue? This is a known issue, especially with USB devices and/or newer hardware. Search the archives for btx issues if you want the gory details. A fix was committed several weeks ago, but still after the release of 7.0. Try using a 7.0-STABLE snapshot from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200804. Those images should all have the new btx/boot code. You will need to reinstall the boot blocks on your usb drive, so starting from scratch with the new CD image could be the simplest way to go. HTH, JN