Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:02:10 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: "Matthew Seaman" <matthew@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Basic question respecting install from usb flash drive. Message-ID: <3e227268682a29bb76e3a9b4950e9d07.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <6f3987e8-0a02-0ece-7804-f9f9a9bef04a@FreeBSD.org> References: <2de0218b785fce87223ea47cfe327350.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <6f3987e8-0a02-0ece-7804-f9f9a9bef04a@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, May 10, 2016 17:41, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 10/05/2016 22:05, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote:
>> So, what is the problem? A bad usb flash copy?
>
> Yes. It looks like your USB drive has a corrupted system image on it.
> The bootloader is there, but it can't load the kernel from the USB
> drive.
>
> I suggest trying again: either rewrite your current USB drive, or try
> again with a fresh one. Either way, be sure to verify the checksum on
> the memstick image you downloaded before doing anything else with it.
>
I re-flashed the usb key using bs=4096 and that copy boots properly
during the install. Thank you for the advice.
Regards,
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