From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu May 30 19:01:27 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E550415A801A for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 19:01:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70A2369EFC for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 19:01:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([188.103.166.245]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue012 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MDeAZ-1hPWOu3Pmx-00Anen; Thu, 30 May 2019 21:01:11 +0200 Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 21:01:09 +0200 From: Polytropon To: LuKreme Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting off usb installer Message-Id: <20190530210109.d8163ac7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <7E1E01CA-B02B-4476-B6C0-D5946D2E64F8@kreme.com> References: <7E1E01CA-B02B-4476-B6C0-D5946D2E64F8@kreme.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:k4PCe+Z+30LR0hVg4dkQt+Vi1tt3TjuWP1Ibu0v84DUkdfuVQ31 UTf8q1ta7EILasuQ2onOcokL/2QNlfISAeqkcrBH81CQO3uSnjVIOfXgaE1slZk+Su26vSe bMc317xXuH95lO1bavhkMty0gQ237jpKYzAQrw3AJykuOhEw6XYib7J0y+NiY1FMyRssThK GpNC+eZ8LVilJgPMOT/yw== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:JYPgqa3Wru0=:SlZI7wVazcVLjiOKVCT12A auxZHb0TNuxNiluXsRuLkTEyOlGLHWIW82rBdUyIdysXzALd0pF5lbU8RonGjT4ShyJbgTRZJ +I8gchVQBw2jKdwqfnIsi2Y0ZU0/P1tWielSAB0FfygQeseYr/Js+1A7eAdBu87na0XkNzQCK EXZtNMdy/Fa44UQWU5mdZ7maaCysxMle1Z6eqAMjdVqmZ9Mn3iOIIz2PEubfdw1yvhe3kzeeQ 7nbSTdVCL9iYOpsW5vtFn4mNz+ePEwScE3tc4Btqi0cE3jcy6kJ6rXNHsAYHE3/VRl6Rbo9IA zYaSkwxIRhhCMZQ0c6FYlu61cKARUfyLYRF/TOQ0cjZzZLSYj5w3UOsNPN1Lz35gq9dTjIWxW EIuFR/pRkcI492DXTpfD9qNX+DE2HKWUm6S5BxfibZzH8VRLtiBsDpvH1h5U/D+hOYU8KcZGX KdETrMSg4OmEhRtKj69EnQUmVrJDULs14KThXmW8c2xceXovMqS6z3q1ZIzcuKTYPqZN96Ogu gxaqvCWFQky2RKBFrjV8K3GibXwOA4HagH0eLCK2wkyFA+Hw4fKRydxVs0o1peq5Ce5i//s35 MlqU/3YA7bkVnVZdrnYn9bUsA9fmw8rS1EW8ylTTPXDhQGDe+wAQ8p3ECBn0kTxI3V/O3q6fI m9/zq/e0K/pzm/OCEnnhSRW2q/81+eDq69XTScyF6elGINeYAxWWMw3a+e+U6zcVVWwSLfdVs gyn8Hpge9TB6LBH5FxhhfbnKAYuFr3P6mN3eY1WuQ+u7BQyF7ozrg8YblqU= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 70A2369EFC X-Spamd-Bar: +++++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [5.92 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mx00.schlund.de,mx01.schlund.de]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[245.166.103.188.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.11]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.96)[0.963,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(1.00)[0.995,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(1.00)[1.000,0]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[131.126.227.212.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; IP_SCORE(0.57)[ip: (1.76), ipnet: 212.227.0.0/16(-1.46), asn: 8560(2.58), country: DE(-0.00)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 19:01:27 -0000 On Thu, 30 May 2019 00:13:36 -0600, LuKreme wrote: > I made a usb installer from > FreeBSD-12.0-STABLE-amd64-20190510-r347397-memstick.img > > When I set my FreeBSD 11.2 machine to boot from the usb, it does so > and I get a normal looking boot menu, 1 for multi user, 2 for single > user, etc. > > Whichever option I choose, 1 or 2, the machine starts to boot, but > then reboots before completion. If there is an error, it passes too > quickly for me to see it. At no point do I get an installer or a > login prompt. > > The hardware is a 3rd? generation i5 and 8GB of RAM. Possibly a Dell > machine? > > Should I instead be using the 12.0-RELEASE image? Yes, definitely try that first. Keep in mind -STABLE is still a development branch, whereas the content of -RELEASE has been tested and verified more extensively. > The machine does not have an optical drive in it. Booting from USB should be standard today, as optical drives become less and less common. Just make sure you don't have any of the restricted boot ("Secure Boot") features activated that might prevent normal booting operations. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...