From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 28 22:15:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45D216A41F for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:15:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bfoz@bfoz.net) Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [204.127.202.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F0643D46 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:15:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bfoz@bfoz.net) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (c-24-6-134-233.hsd1.ca.comcast.net[24.6.134.233]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <2005082822150601400sm5jde>; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:15:07 +0000 Message-ID: <43123769.2040707@bfoz.net> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:15:05 -0700 From: Brandon Fosdick User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050721) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <200508231131.j7NBV7bW057294@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200508231131.j7NBV7bW057294@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Install from USB flash drive? Sort of... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:15:08 -0000 Oliver Fromme wrote: > It depends on the FreeBSD version. Older versions mounted > it on /dist, if I remember correctly, but newer ones mount > it directly on /. I just tried booting to the flash with a cdrom installed so I could run the fixit shell. Apparently the cdrom is mounted on /dist and the flash isn't mounted at all. So either sysinstall isn't recognizing the flash as installation media or its favoring the cd when its present. How can I tell which is happening? How do I get it to mount the flash automatically? I also tried using the fixit shell to mount the flash to /mnt but that didn't work either. However, I can install from cd after booting to flash, but that defeats the purpose. And since the crazy bios on my motherboard renumbers the ata devices I end up with a useless etc/fstab after removing the cd-rom drive. I love the way sysinstall congratulates me for installing FreeBSD after it fails to find the installation media. Its just so friendly. :P