Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:45:00 +1200 From: James Butler <sweetnavelorange@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing List <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Fwd: Can't boot 8.0-BETA4 from USB stick Message-ID: <f0dd9eb90909081445i4e286e6apb3ad84691c0ef2d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f0dd9eb90909081444pa5cdbf2jd9ee8573c3d4594@mail.gmail.com> References: <f0dd9eb90909080402m27558850g6aaa2a5e4c477758@mail.gmail.com> <200909081350.34461.hselasky@c2i.net> <f0dd9eb90909081444pa5cdbf2jd9ee8573c3d4594@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/9/8 Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>: > On Tuesday 08 September 2009 13:02:48 James Butler wrote: >> Greetings all, >> >> I have an amd64 system (Asus A8V-MX) which boots 7.2 > from a USB flash >> drive. Trying an 8-STABLE kernel from Saturday > (identifies as >> 8.0-BETA4), the system can't boot - here is the last > bit of the kernel >> messages (typed, with comments): >> >> [witness performance blah blah blah] >> root mount waiting for: usbus2 usbus1 usbus0 >> uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> root mount waiting for: usbus2 >> uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >> root mount waiting for: usbus2 >> ugen2.2: <TOSHIBA> at usbus2 >> umass0: <Toshiba TransMemory, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, > addr 2> on usbus2 >> umass0: =C2=A0SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks =3D 0x0000 >> root mount waiting for: usbus2 >> umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0 >> Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a >> ROOT MOUNT ERROR: >> If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and da0 at > umass-sim0 bus 0 >> target 0 lun 0 =C2=A0<---- This is suspicious >> da0: <TOSHIBA TransMemory PMAP> Removable Direct Access > SCSI-0 device >> da0: 40.000MB/s transfers >> da0: 3875MB (7936000 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 493C) >> first try the following from =C2=A0<---- The rest of the > message that was >> cut off above >> the loader prompt: >> >> etc. etc. until the mountroot> prompt, and after that > even specifying >> the device doesn't work (and ? doesn't list it). It > seems to my >> non-hacker eyes that the device is not attaching until > after it should >> be. >> >> Any help would be appreciated, and I can provide > further information as >> needed. > > Hi, > > It looks like your device is detected too late. Have you > tried another USB port? Or plugging in another dummy USB > device? I have tried on all the ports at the back of the box, but I just remembered there's another at the front which I will try this evening. What do you mean by "dummy USB device"? Just having something else plugged in at boot? I will also try another USB drive tonight. Thanks, James
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