From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 28 20:35:31 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBD56BCE for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru [IPv6:2a01:4f8:131:60a2::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE9E216FE for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:35:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lion.home.serebryakov.spb.ru (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:923f:1:e01d:156b:782f:c36]) (Authenticated sender: lev@serebryakov.spb.ru) by onlyone.friendlyhosting.spb.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DBC274AC3A; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:35:29 +0400 (MSK) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:35:25 +0400 From: Lev Serebryakov Organization: FreeBSD Project X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <649629564.20140129003525@serebryakov.spb.ru> To: "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: Did somebody boot old Sony Vaio laptop from FreeBSD memstick successfully? In-Reply-To: <201401281948.s0SJlVbG035982@fire.js.berklix.net> References: Your message "Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:44:44 +0400." <406713137.20140128204444@serebryakov.spb.ru> <201401281948.s0SJlVbG035982@fire.js.berklix.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: lev@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:35:32 -0000 Hello, Julian. You wrote 28 =D1=8F=D0=BD=D0=B2=D0=B0=D1=80=D1=8F 2014 =D0=B3., 23:47:31: JHS> but I suppose you'r not getting that far. JHS> So How about '?' to boot ? see man boot. No "freebsd-related" boot messages shows. Laptop shows same message "No operating system" with empty USB flash, without USB flash at all (if I disable booting from internal HDD), with USB flash without MBR (dd if=3D/FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=3D/dev/da4) with USB flash= with MBR (make mbr, install bootcode and dd if=3D/FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=3D/dev/da4s1)... What make me think, that this is impossible, that "Boot menu" (called with ESC button on ealry boot stage) shows "USB Optical drive" and "USB Hard Drive" in any of these cases. BIOS messages shows USB stick detected properly, but boot menuy shows these two items, even if there is no USB flash! JHS> Maybe the laptop also has a pcmcia card (for eg a cdrom) or an JHS> ethernet pxe boot ? PXE boot should be my next stop in this battle! I could open case (unscrew about 20 screws) and attach HDD to desktop, but it looks not a fair play! :))) --=20 // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov