From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 16 13:40:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ED4E106566B; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hselasky@c2i.net) Received: from swip.net (mailfe07.swip.net [212.247.154.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89EFE8FC0C; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:40:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=Hn2u8jFuJ08A:10 a=MnI1ikcADjEx7bvsp0jZvQ==:17 a=AhSFMvLzUqafdWpbebkA:9 a=7yAVdK1obGumUf9ENp8A:7 a=4o1eM-eH-Q0dDeDYdhKFJMitDdAA:4 Received: from [188.126.201.140] (account mc467741@c2i.net HELO laptop002.hselasky.homeunix.org) by mailfe07.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTPA id 1358981405; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:40:02 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky To: Fbsd1 Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:38:40 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-STABLE; KDE/4.3.4; amd64; ; ) References: <201001160950.o0G9o60H012955@www.freebsd.org> <201001161108.34235.hselasky@c2i.net> <4B51BF7D.5090702@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4B51BF7D.5090702@a1poweruser.com> X-Face: +~\`s("[*|O,="7?X@L.elg*F"OA\I/3%^p8g?ab%RN'(; _IjlA: hGE..Ew, XAQ*o#\/M~SC=S1-f9{EzRfT'|Hhll5Q]ha5Bt-s|oTlKMusi:1e[wJl}kd}GR Z0adGx-x_0zGbZj'e(Y[(UNle~)8CQWXW@:DX+9)_YlB[tIccCPN$7/L' MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201001161438.40452.hselasky@c2i.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb/142876: sysinstall abort:: usb stick as source media & usb stick as install target X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:40:05 -0000 On Saturday 16 January 2010 14:30:37 Fbsd1 wrote: > Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Saturday 16 January 2010 10:50:06 Joe Barbish wrote: > >>> Number: 142876 > >>> Category: usb > >>> Synopsis: sysinstall abort:: usb stick as source media & usb > >>> stick as install target Confidential: no > >>> Severity: serious > >>> Priority: high > >>> Responsible: freebsd-usb > >>> State: open > >>> Quarter: > >>> Keywords: > >>> Date-Required: > >>> Class: sw-bug > >>> Submitter-Id: current-users > >>> Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 16 10:00:09 UTC 2010 > >>> Closed-Date: > >>> Last-Modified: > >>> Originator: Joe Barbish > >>> Release: 8.0 release > >>> Organization: > >> > >> none > >> > >>> Environment: > >>> Description: > >> > >> Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB > >> target device that freebsd is to be installed on. > >> > >> I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb stick. I can boot this usb stick > >> (da0) and use the default sysinstall program to install from to any > >> motherboard cabled hard drive. This works as exspected. > > > > Hi, > > > > Did you mean image or iso? Do you have the download link? ISO files > > should normally not be cat'ed onto memory sticks. And if you do so, you > > might have to check the options and install medium menu before it works. > > > > --HPS > > Your questions are meaningless as i state I have used it to install to > motherboard cabled hard drives. I bet using an iso burned to cd will > generate same abort problem when you have 2 usb sticks plugged in and/or > 2 usb hard drives plugged in and using da1 as install target. I think > sysinstall usb support as currently released in 8.0 can only handle a > single usb stick or hard drive as install target. It will only install > to da0. Check the base 8.0 system for /dev/da1 through da9 statements. > There should be partition statements like da0 has. That seems to be root > of problem as abort msg says. Should be simple to test for your self. I > think this was just overlooked. Lets say your FBSD system has no > motherboard cabled hard drives. It has 4 usb hard drives. You use disc-1 > to install on da4 and i bet you get same abort msg. > Hi, I understand that. The problem I see it is that /dev/daX is used as mount device instead of the disk label, for example /dev/ufs/FreeBSD-8-installer. Then the device name does not matter. This is not an USB problem. Your PR is misplaced. --HPS