From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 15:24:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E055106566B for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjmccann@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B02A8FC13 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:24:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjmccann@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1687364rvf.43 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:24:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=VCgzWIY2/0VTIX2EcR2/5+7gO1cyk5kJY4LhiehyZOg=; b=ifjQMgu7afB7g5CGPdAOyP5KXuVsvc1bd4ftZ0jxiSGFeS6G2mhjp93w5MHQ7huIf1 QkcaYPlvatHKSVuQvqs4kwkQbrK4yZz+x9qT0mdmUTP4S2P9I5EwH9DxeGbK7DDjvxfr yJm2exLy/ys0izui0VBJJlzJRyggkUgukcJXY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=V9xQRxmPi2sP4GK4MqGP1YXahpFRjFMvywlpAnUGJoSPTh6tAsjgWOyGPtjHATU4fv bq/XbAlGQnY6wWnudsQIA/66L0OW0pOUhDduBVX1oDTFxC41DShCn01FlO3U9ru995nO sTAxcb5+PQ86SGiKZPA4BJdHvEkTxnDYTa/N8= Received: by 10.140.162.20 with SMTP id k20mr1255572rve.218.1232117582745; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.140.19 with HTTP; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:53:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2b5f066d0901160653q4d0de6c2k4eb0cda84ab31309@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:53:02 -0500 From: "Brian McCann" To: "Da Rock" In-Reply-To: <1232071700.22938.27.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2b5f066d0901081136n257f114akb9ebd628fd6f93a2@mail.gmail.com> <49671922.8040906@snaffler.net> <2b5f066d0901090709m6c1000efi7d411800f16cf732@mail.gmail.com> <2b5f066d0901090743v494c4c08ufeeec2dec319d0f0@mail.gmail.com> <1231517488.6087.13.camel@lenzix.cwb.casa> <1232071700.22938.27.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB Install 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: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:24:56 -0000 On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Da Rock wrote: > > This seems to be a bit of a sideline... but how does it work if you move > the disk around? Assuming generic kernel, you should be boot that kernel > on practically any machine- right? But I had trouble with it not finding > the drive- boot manager ok, install fine, just won't boot. I assumed > that the da0xxx was simply a pointer (programming speak) so that if you > inserted the disk somewhere else (another port, another m/c, etc) it may > not "point" to the same place for booting. Would this be right? > I haven't had an issue with it finding the loader yet (but I'm not using GRUB, I'm using the FreeBSD loader). And following the directions linked above, I used the geom label process, so I don't have to worry about /dev/daXs1d or whatever it was detected on...just use /dev/ufs/FreeBSDStick (or whatever you label it). --Brian _-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_-=-_ Brian McCann "I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I've got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me." -- Bill Murray, "Ghostbusters"