From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 20 15:23:35 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B39316B3A7 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:19:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itmngr@cooperationireland.org) Received: from smtp2.irishbroadband.ie (smtp2.irishbroadband.ie [62.231.32.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BA8A13C4A7 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:19:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from itmngr@cooperationireland.org) Received: from [62.231.53.178] (helo=mail.cooperationireland.org) by smtp2.irishbroadband.ie with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HJWSi-000G6B-FY; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:59:24 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.11] ([10.0.1.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.cooperationireland.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l1KEfGfS019694; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:41:17 GMT (envelope-from itmngr@cooperationireland.org) In-Reply-To: <45D08653.2020509@paladin.bulgarpress.com> References: <45D08653.2020509@paladin.bulgarpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0842275B-D86B-45EB-9D3E-8F12EC548EFF@cooperationireland.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael Doyle Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:47:10 +0000 To: "Todorov @ Paladin" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.5/2612/Tue Feb 20 12:28:34 2007 on mail.cooperationireland.org X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on mail.cooperationireland.org X-Scan-Signature: 9d38ec40ee1593a41a86a8b93a230d0f Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: install on USB flash memory X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:23:35 -0000 Frenzy, which is based on FreeBSD can do this, and comes with a script to install it onto the Flash disk. As per some of the other posted comments else where in the thread different BIOS and USB key combinations can produce different results. The one USB key I have with Frenzy on it does not boot all computers for example my two Dell desktops boot fine, but my Dell PowerEdge 830 will not boot using the same key. On 12 Feb 2007, at 15:22, Todorov @ Paladin wrote: > Hi list, > I'm trying ot install FBSD on USB flash (2.0) SanDisk 512MB. The > procedure went good - I see first stage of the loader (which slice to > boot from) and then continuously scrolling assembler data registers. > > My target is simple - booting FBSD from USB flash. I've tried tutorial > from : > > http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on- > usb-stick-episode-2 > > Laptop is Centrino based and supports USB 2.0 and booting from USB > "hdd". > > Regards, Todorov. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >