From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 12 7:20: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FF2337B401 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:20:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C03243E6E for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 07:20:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gACFK1sP022861 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:20:04 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (cicely8.cicely.de [10.1.1.10]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gACFK0Cu060721 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:20:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: from cicely8.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gACFK0l8068424; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:20:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely8.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely8.cicely.de (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gACFJx6M068423; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:19:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:19:59 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Anton Vinokurov Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot from USB ZIP or USB HDD Message-ID: <20021112151959.GI67846@cicely8.cicely.de> Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de References: <001101c28a5d$973304d0$14d1d0c3@main.inorg.chem.msu.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001101c28a5d$973304d0$14d1d0c3@main.inorg.chem.msu.ru> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely8.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:10:08PM +0300, Anton Vinokurov wrote: > Hi! > > Is there any way to boot FreeBSD from USB flash device which can be detected > as 'usb zip' by BIOS? > > I have EasyDisk 32M flash device, which can be formatted under Windows as > bootable, and my motherboard could boot Windows from it, same time writing > standart FreeBSD boot block and label as described in handbook (fine for my > HDD) results in displaying '-' sign at the first moment of system boot, > following by hangup. > > I should buy USB HDD capable flash device (unfortunately my EasyDisk support > only USB ZIP) and try again, or it is completely impossible to boot FreeBSD > from usb flash? As long as the BIOS serves it as a normal disk there is no reason why FreeBSB couldn't boot from it. You already wrote that this is true. As long as FreeBSD support the drive in general there is not reason why you can't have the / filesystem on it. If both points hold true there is no difference in having a traditional connected disk. -- B.Walter COSMO-Project http://www.cosmo-project.de ticso@cicely.de Usergroup info@cosmo-project.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message