From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 22:12:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBC08106566B for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 22:12:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gosand1982@yahoo.com) Received: from n3-vm0.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (n3-vm0.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [67.195.23.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8859B8FC0A for ; Wed, 12 May 2010 22:12:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [67.195.9.82] by n3.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 May 2010 22:12:45 -0000 Received: from [67.195.9.108] by t2.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 May 2010 22:12:45 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp112.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 May 2010 22:12:45 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 101544.4197.bm@omp112.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 79491 invoked by uid 60001); 12 May 2010 22:12:45 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1273702364; bh=0IAhPYzMHmv258Iv+4NE7usDJa4tWkhTgiGxNuLJYr8=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ATwDOVHUzdrINuoAed+M+ZLTrIzKrbCvAmBo7G4kxUclvTMuQc3WqPLKde/Mmo8KKZy0EzSV3DNxUk27z8NWgcUlhq52EpM43fnvQxOaZiXNxySLxtYfhfX36Y5/4iwcPYcyy+LrYQ2jLJ+oFqTnhsreN6OCuT1FEuNJN//if6k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=MRU9WH5joB1gAYZQBeFcynuc7QA2LOc/Y8f0UzuktIQtu16c3qXyMySxO+WpZ6pBxfqdtIE2PMjLTzTH9atF5MzlDcsh7VeALsw9xtt76Y+m6T6QfKAAa8/DsXA2iqqWB43JVqHjiskVzhMfYwrZHD1fiVPajt8fW8Or6rvDqjg=; Message-ID: <964256.79022.qm@web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: skcOgv0VM1mp2xD0o9HmtWWrPNv47lzf6Dis4HNXrLwIk9T egOD9Vzkn9.G_ejrZeOUxKOXkBbgS5zqTyZlHYNeLyPYx7zxT5Ts3uCFOGXI gT4751eJXKX5ZhgspuxLs6F4nllJA67BaRa86mTaa5OfCyKwVfAw8vlnQRB5 pV5J0Gysmm.cX_cGj7QSavnqGxekivJZtcYETjuvR7IkNDS6dQgB9ueRHwx3 2ZPkuNn7IjHllafDpiEbAOhQyVcP_gmphGznieTphvw5FUXtid3mCO.ZOW1q 5DSBoFath0MpJYcl_Ww-- Received: from [24.5.102.43] by web111609.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 12 May 2010 15:12:44 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/374.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.103.269680 Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:12:44 -0700 (PDT) From: George Sanders To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: can't access FreeBSD boot CD data (but can boot just fine) using IP KVM "fake" drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 22:12:45 -0000 Most modern IP KVMs allow you to specify a ISO image, and they will feed it to the computer via USB and allow you to boot arbitrary "cds". However, I notice problems in both standard FreeBSD install discs and FreeBSD-based live CDs, wherein the CD will boot and run just fine, but when it comes time to read data off of the CD, the running system cannot access it. So, for instance, I boot with my KVM attached and I see this in dmesg: ums0: Startech.com server remote control device_attach: ums0 attach returned 6 and the system continues booting, but then: [*] Extracting filesystems /dist/mountcd: Can't open /dist/mountcd: No such file or directory [*] Error Extracting Filesystems (this was with ROFreeSBIE) With the plain old FreeBSD disc 1, I can go all the way through the install, but I cannot choose "CD/DVD" as install media, I have to ue the FTP option ... somehow I can boot up and use the install CD, but I cannot read any data on it. ... so my question is: What flags/options/whatever can I feed the booting CD, in the loader, to tell it "just keep using that same old USB CD" ? Thanks.