Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:26:01 +0200 From: Martin Nilsson <martin@gneto.com> To: avleeuwen@piwebs.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loader failure when booting from CompactFlash Message-ID: <40D19BE9.2090802@gneto.com> In-Reply-To: <25271.212.83.93.49.1087477105.squirrel@winston.piwebs.com> References: <25271.212.83.93.49.1087477105.squirrel@winston.piwebs.com>
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avleeuwen@piwebs.com wrote: > I'm trying to boot a compact -CURRENT installation from a CompactFlash > disk on a Lex Light mini system (see www.lex.com.tw). I've installed ThinBSD (which is based on 5.2.1) on a Lex Light and it works. > If I boot from a hard drive, it works fine, but when I boot from the > CompactFlash, it crashes immediately when attempting to start the loader. > It gives an error message, but the system immediately restarts, so I can't > read it. The CompactFlash disk boots fine in a completely different > system. How have you formatted (slices/labels) the flash? I was unable to get it to boot if I did it in another computer with a 7in1 cardreader.. I had to boot on a FreeBSD CD in the lex and run sysinstall from there. (CD was connected via USB). /Martin
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