Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:32:28 +0100 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Monthadar Al Jaberi <monthadar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot RSPRO from usb Message-ID: <EF46DA86-6711-4F72-AB52-875967F75544@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BsBSoKdkEjE1ykuy6oHrn%2Bqv7unruWS_BSS2J73W-zajMkXvg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BsBSoKdkEjE1ykuy6oHrn%2Bqv7unruWS_BSS2J73W-zajMkXvg@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 05.12.2011 um 21:04 schrieb Monthadar Al Jaberi: > Hi, > > sorry if this is old and answered somewhere, but I cant seem to find a solution: > > I am trying to boot Freebsd current root file system @ RouterStation > Pro from usb (I did it before) but I cant remember how to do it. > > I know I need ROOTDEVNAME=\"ufs:/dev/da0\" but I dont seem to manage > to create a bottable root fs… How are you creating your filesystem? newfs on a little-endian machine will not do the right thing. You can use makefs -B big to create an image, then dd it to the partition. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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