From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 23 14:30:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7651065674 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:30:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.159]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB348FC24 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:30:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 19so316624fgg.12 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:30:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KxKClUCG1/8zzxopbfCsS6CYzT++3i7fpb5jcAEHkWw=; b=v+tfctHvEwTyrbDr+IzfcD5spf5nMicln9O58qBxWwzpwAF0C+McTd689x4yJj1W+1 JjnqOzt9qlgOvGOZBxZKaBWs0OSgJS4M9pkJZ3QSbK4+M2tC5t7z8WBuT2+7QYRKPDKl B3Qe/dIQSMbOmOZngVnG2pt6lImRHG9iJaKMI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=WDwI1g4/iWuI/fWr3lLynsvNQteBkcqtVyLPnAeLPT7cqXPxHaH8LWm4FjvhBeaXcd fNTRPK9QvO6hjESBn0gMRT7cqegTGjrsX+Qdj6S9RAROsGOEeOo1+geCLleycEPg0UpT Nv86ACAA/dDYJIMDsP4joKWL93/mp9nfDSAsQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.86.100.16 with SMTP id x16mr3680969fgb.68.1237816903443; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:01:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1237804575.1771.7.camel@balrog.2hip.net> References: <1237804575.1771.7.camel@balrog.2hip.net> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:01:43 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Robert Noland Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Booting from usb hard disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:30:21 -0000 On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Robert Noland wrote: > So I have my i386 install on a usb hard disk, which I can only boot on > one machine now. ... > > robert. > > -- > Robert Noland > FreeBSD My ideas is NOT related directly to the above message but based on my observation presented below . In a PC I have installed 7.0 . Then I have changed the PC ( or I have attached the hard disk to another PC ) . The mainboards were the same Intel DG965WH . but processors were different . In the new PC . FreeBSD could NOT be booted successfully . It locked during booting . Power disconnected and the PC re-powered could be booted in a new try but not in other tries . When I attached the hard disk to its original PC it continuously booted successfully . This means that during booting . FreeBSD is looking some values stored during installation ( for example : Signature of PC ) . When hard disk is attached to another PC and signature of new PC is different from the previous one , it is not booting successfully . Consequence of this is that when a USB hard disk is used then it will NOT be transportable to other PCs unless booting is made insensitive to such changes . I am also using Mandriva Linux Free 2008.0 . It is able to boot in different machines . During installation it is possible to make an install parameters diskette to store installation parameters and use this diskette for other installations to give installation parameters directly from diskette . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk