Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:50:20 -0700 From: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> To: James Butler <sweetnavelorange@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing List <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> Subject: Re: Fwd: Can't boot 8.0-BETA4 from USB stick Message-ID: <e277d6c80909101050v4c1b3774q357e61dc817eb4fe@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f0dd9eb90909092137o25d00f3l8bfba581a9d1aab8@mail.gmail.com> References: <f0dd9eb90909080402m27558850g6aaa2a5e4c477758@mail.gmail.com> <f0dd9eb90909081444pa5cdbf2jd9ee8573c3d4594@mail.gmail.com> <f0dd9eb90909081445i4e286e6apb3ad84691c0ef2d0@mail.gmail.com> <200909091631.01446.hselasky@c2i.net> <f0dd9eb90909092137o25d00f3l8bfba581a9d1aab8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:37 PM, James Butler <sweetnavelorange@gmail.com>wrote: > 2009/9/10 Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net>: > > On Tuesday 08 September 2009 23:45:00 James Butler wrote: > >> 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. > > > > Yes. > > > > OK, I tried all the available ports and various combinations of flash > drives, all with the same result. I sometimes get this message from > one drive: > > probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 > probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error > probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCS Status: Check Condition > probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 > probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Not ready to ready change, medium may have > changed > probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Retrying Command (per Sense Data) > > Is there anything else worth trying? > > Thanks, > James > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It's worth noting that some USB flash drives (particularly old or low-quality ones) take longer to detect than others, as was found with sysinstall/USB installs. I don't really know of a way around this other than using a different USB flash drive. -- randi
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