Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 09:11:08 -0500 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Kliment Andreev <klimenta@runbox.com> Cc: talk@lists.nycbug.org, Maude User <maudeuser@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [nycbug-talk] Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive? Message-ID: <ef10de9a050813071135cba566@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42FD1D54.10000@runbox.com> References: <20050812025225.5271.qmail@web31601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <42FD1D54.10000@runbox.com>
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On 8/12/05, Kliment Andreev <klimenta@runbox.com> wrote: > Maude User wrote: > > Thanks for this info. > > > > The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention "USB" but it > > says the machine > > can boot from "Removable Devices" so it sounds like your first > > suggestion about booting from > > removable drives would work. >=20 > Even if you boot from the USB CD, there is a chance that FreeBSD load > won't recognize the USB chipset, so you won't be able to choose the > source for the installation media. His board has an Intel ICH5R. I just got done setting up a server with this chip and USB works just fine: > dmesg |grep -i usb uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xe800-0xe81f irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0 usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xec00-0xec1f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0 usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfe7ffc00-0xfe7fffff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0 usb2: EHCI version 1.0 usb2: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 usb2: USB revision 2.0 umass0: Genesys Logic USB Storage Device, rev 1.10/1.13, addr 2 umass0: Acer Labs USB 2.0 Storage Device, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 2 da1: <USB 2.0 Storage Device 0100> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device
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