From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 1 03:42:25 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B66BC236 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2014 03:42:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (relay5-d.mail.gandi.net [IPv6:2001:4b98:c:538::197]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47B73CF6 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2014 03:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mfilter14-d.gandi.net (mfilter14-d.gandi.net [217.70.178.142]) by relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ADC141C054; Tue, 1 Apr 2014 05:42:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter14-d.gandi.net Received: from relay5-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.197]) by mfilter14-d.gandi.net (mfilter14-d.gandi.net [10.0.15.180]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kuIrAFRQyROn; Tue, 1 Apr 2014 05:37:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Originating-IP: 192.94.73.15 Received: from SDF.ORG (SDF.ORG [192.94.73.15]) (Authenticated sender: mayuresh@kathe.in) by relay5-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5451F41C053; Tue, 1 Apr 2014 05:37:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 03:37:29 +0000 From: Mayuresh Kathe To: Eric Roseman Subject: Re: failed memstick install Message-ID: <20140401033728.GA2202@SDF.ORG> References: <201404010309.s3139plM020883@refuge.colorado.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201404010309.s3139plM020883@refuge.colorado.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:42:25 -0000 when i followed the instructions from the freebsd handbook, my system was giving the same errors as you've mentioned. the 'dd' invocation from that article helped me create a freebsd bootable usb stick under linux (ubuntu 13.10) which allowed me my first freebsd install. :) ~mayuresh On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 03:09:51AM +0000, Eric Roseman wrote: > The article suggests to 'dd' the image with > > dd if=8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/sdf bs=10240 conv=sync > > In the official handbook, > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/bsdinstall-pre.html > the advice is to dd the image with: > > dd if=FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=64k > > is the handbook incorrect? > > Thanks, > > Eric > > > hello eric, please check out the article at; > > http://techpad.co.uk/content.php?sid=78 > > > > at the bottom of that article is the exact invocation of 'dd' > > required to write the memstick image to a usb drive. > > > > all the best, > > > > ~mayuresh > > > > On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 01:19:33AM +0000, Eric Roseman wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've recently installed FreeBSD 10.0 using the memstick image > > > and following the install directions in the handbook as closely as > > > possible. After rebooting the screen displays "Operating System Not Found" > > > and refuses to boot. I've double checked the bios settings to ensue this > > > disk is the default boot target and tested booting from both legacy bios > > > and UEFI to no avail. The system is a lenove thinkpad x120e. I'm curious > > > if this is a bug in the installer anyone else has experienced. > > > > > > I created the usb install flash drive with the following command: > > > > > > dd if=FreeBSD-10.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/ bs=64k > > > > > > Then confirmed the sha256 checksum of both the 'if' and 'of' targets. I > > > also tried with multiple different usb flash drives. > > > > > > For a majority of the steps during the install I selected the > > > default/recommended options and chose the guided partitioning method > > > with a default layout using the entire disk which created a GPT layout > > > with three partitions freebsd-boot, freebsd-ufs, and freebsd-swap. The > > > install process finished without error. Is there a boot flag I need to > > > set on the freebsd-boot partition? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Eric > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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" > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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"