From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 10 17:50:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48AD21065672 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:50:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA20A8FC1C for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:50:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so115856eyf.9 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:50:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type; bh=QAiULUPxfv9T0ro9cDR3XGnooDiZ7E04DxnY2u7F/wg=; b=qdZc8TViHJA36IFw3W9uJVS9pkv2js0MYrgj/pEvbrnTNnrnZFOfXeBqRyKql0bIKu ZdqLEMAzP/a2Be86xgNgPko/kk1nY30bZQMPLb7REBZ1yfgrwdc1xRNeGxo0h9EGtMDh 8Zi0S53ejGtnrsS7eDs/CVn80LIC+IkgQfvgk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=ITvPkC3BafU0Gwz25BaOuAD7gIrcTvPcrBzuYyM5JrwK/uc1hNsbvWLY2hD00FYDKm l/zzfCGUHJdcklxP4x7mai/q4aYttcvSX6JwVzrjbfVqlK84JWaEhp5zz7bAWSicTXB9 9oHr5QwQNTUlSWxPKgpkEcyyT/KBPb6SdVN7A= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.211.154.18 with SMTP id g18mr2121444ebo.70.1252605020474; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:50:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <200909091631.01446.hselasky@c2i.net> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:50:20 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 3df10334c9adb1b0 Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: James Butler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD CURRENT Mailing List , Hans Petter Selasky Subject: Re: Fwd: Can't boot 8.0-BETA4 from USB stick X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:50:22 -0000 On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:37 PM, James Butler wrote: > 2009/9/10 Hans Petter Selasky : > > 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