From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 1 23:43:32 2007 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 3BC5216A46B for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:43:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cb@severious.net) Received: from ion.gank.org (ion.gank.org [69.55.238.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25DFE13C45E for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:43:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cb@severious.net) Received: by ion.gank.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 638F9110F5; Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:32:40 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:32:39 -0500 From: Craig Boston To: Ross Penner Message-ID: <20070801233230.GA1699@nowhere> Mail-Followup-To: Craig Boston , Ross Penner , User questions References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: User questions Subject: Re: Installing from USB Flash Drive 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, 01 Aug 2007 23:43:32 -0000 On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:34:15PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > I'm using a via chipset and yes, the bios is set to boot from > USB-FDD. I used the 6.2 boot only image. I don't think that that option, which is for USB floppy drives, is what you want. USB flash memory uses a different protocol and looks like a hard drive. What you want is a "USB-HDD" or "USB Mass Storage" option in the boot order. With some BIOSes, USB storage devices don't show up in the normal boot order screen, but rather in a list of hard drives -- sometimes called "hard disk priority" or something similar. If it still doesn't work, you may want to check your motherboard manual and make sure that it's really capable of booting from USB flash memory. Not all BIOSes are. HTH, Craig