Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:28:17 -0600 From: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com>, rocwhite168 <rocwhite168@163.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Can't boot off the USB image Message-ID: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB385D5728@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> In-Reply-To: <4B7CE968.7090302@a1poweruser.com> References: <3ef0da.2708.126deca8484.Coremail.rocwhite168@163.com> <4B7CE968.7090302@a1poweruser.com>
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We boot off USB disks all the time without issues. As long as the disk is l= isted first in the BIOS and it's a proper FBSD image, it works fine... -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f= reebsd.org] On Behalf Of Fbsd1 Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:17 PM To: rocwhite168 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot off the USB image rocwhite168 wrote: > My computers (Dell SX280 PCs or Dell D600 laptop) seem >to refuse to boot off the USB disk with non-Windows images are >written = to it (I have also tried OpenSolaris images). >I've tried using dd to write the .img files, or using unetbootin to >wri= te either .img or .iso images, or using UltraISO to write the iso >files t= o my USB disk, but all the methods failed. But if the image was >a Windows= boot disk, it did work. Does anyone know what the problem >could be? Is i= t simply because the computers are to old? Or do I >have to do anything sp= ecial for the FreeBSD images to make the >computers boot off a USB device? >=20 >=20 > Thank you very much! > _______________________________________________ > When you say USB disk, you do mean an USB cabled external disk hard=20 drive correct? That being the case, you have to download the FreeBSD=20 disc1.iso file and burn it to a cdrom disk and then boot off that to=20 start the sysinstall process to populate your USB cabled external disk=20 hard drive with the FreeBSD operating system. Reading the FreeBSD manual=20 on the install process or the Freebsd install guide should help you a lot. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ or http://www.a1poweruser.com Now if on the other hand you are really talking about a (USB memory=20 stick, flash drive, key disk, stick disk, or pen) which all mean the=20 same thing, then you should read this article "Everything you want to=20 know about Installing FreeBSD on a USB stick"=20 http://www.a1poweruser.com/30.00-USB_installing_article.php If none of this helps you then repost with an more detailed description=20 of just what you did and what the result was. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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