Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:12:56 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: "Todorov @ Paladin" <todorov@paladin.bulgarpress.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: install on USB flash memory Message-ID: <20070212171256.GB40543@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <45D08653.2020509@paladin.bulgarpress.com> References: <45D08653.2020509@paladin.bulgarpress.com>
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On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 05:22:59PM +0200, 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". I think this has been discussed before. The problem is that FreeBSD's bootloader doesn't support booting off of such devices, thus you need to use GRUB or another bootloader. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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