From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 20:00:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C925D38 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:00:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoom.lafn.org (zoom.lafn.org [108.92.93.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FA531E5 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:00:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.4] (pool-98-112-217-228.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [98.112.217.228]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoom.lafn.org (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r0UK0pMG047202 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Subject: Re: Booting Problem Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: <51091D28.3080908@a1poweruser.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:51 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <95407B50-A296-4012-A2C4-014321C48C74@lafn.org> <20130129121852.03538e59@papi> <51091D28.3080908@a1poweruser.com> To: Fbsd8 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Mario Lobo , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:00:56 -0000 On 30 January 2013, at 05:16, Fbsd8 wrote: > Doug Hardie wrote: >> On 29 January 2013, at 07:18, Mario Lobo wrote: >>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:16:14 -0800 >>> Doug Hardie wrote: >>>=20 >>>> I have a relatively old machine that I am trying to boot 9.1 on. = The >>>> bios will not boot from USB stick. I am using an external CD = drive. >>>> It starts the boot process fine and gets to the Bootstrap loader >>>> message with revision 1.1. Then it puts out the machine, date, = time >>>> the CD was created and starts the spinner. It spins around about 2 >>>> times and stops. The system continues to read from the drive for >>>> another couple minutes. Then everything stops. Nothing more = happens. >>>>=20 >>>> The CD is good. I can boot it just fine using the same external >>>> drive on another machine. While I could remove the drive and >>>> temporarily mount in in the working machine and build it there, I >>>> would like to find a way to successfully boot from CD. This will >>>> become a remote machine and taking it apart later is not a viable >>>> option. _______________________________________________ >>>> 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" >>> Can you boot a different OS (Win, Ububtu, gparted, etc ...) from the >>> same drive on the same machine? >> Not so far. The drive works fine on other systems. >>=20 >=20 > You said in your orginal post "The bios will not boot from USB stick." > I see no reason why you would think your PC would BOOT from any USB = attached devices. >=20 > Since you have another PC that does boot off of usb cd drive, swap = hard drives and use that pc to load FreeBSD to the hard drive. This = method will work for you. Yes that works now. But starting this weekend it will be about 100 = miles away. That no longer will be practical. >=20 >=20 >=20