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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:25:26 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>
To:        freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
Cc:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, thompsa@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: usb/145184: GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE
Message-ID:  <201003300925.26305.hselasky@c2i.net>
In-Reply-To: <201003292309.o2TN9fD4009192@www.freebsd.org>
References:  <201003292309.o2TN9fD4009192@www.freebsd.org>

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On Tuesday 30 March 2010 01:09:41 Eir Nym wrote:
> >Number:         145184
> >Category:       usb
> >Synopsis:       GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       serious
> >Priority:       medium
> >Responsible:    freebsd-usb
> >State:          open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   current-users
> >Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 29 23:10:01 UTC 2010
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator:     Eir Nym
> >Release:        SVN revision 205702
> >Organization:
> >Environment:
> >Description:
> 
> Kernel doesn't see any USB disks (HDD and flash) on boot. After reinsert
>  flash disk, kernel see device, but can't mount root from it (doesn't list
>  it as possible boot GEOM). This problem is only on my EEE. desktop
>  computer bootup well.
> 
> CURRENT about 15th may 2009 boot well from flash drive. But it's too old :)
> 
> dmesg.boot you can see at http://freebsd.eroese.org/dmesg.r205702
> this kernel is based on generic, http://freebsd.eroese.org/FASTGENr205702
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 
> Checkout code from SVN, build generic system, install it on flash disk,
>  reboot from.
> 

This is a known issue.

--HPS



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