Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:51 -0800 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> Cc: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting Problem Message-ID: <B26D8696-B792-43CA-92CA-C2BC1CD3234E@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <51091D28.3080908@a1poweruser.com> References: <95407B50-A296-4012-A2C4-014321C48C74@lafn.org> <20130129121852.03538e59@papi> <BC61770C-D7E5-41A4-8B63-1914DEA0D804@lafn.org> <51091D28.3080908@a1poweruser.com>
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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 <bc979@lafn.org> 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
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