Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:53:02 -0500 From: "Brian McCann" <bjmccann@gmail.com> To: "Da Rock" <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB Install Message-ID: <2b5f066d0901160653q4d0de6c2k4eb0cda84ab31309@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1232071700.22938.27.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <D15082B223DE564698EA1AB5E47F732A931238@MK-MSX3-VS3.uk.tiscali.intl> <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>
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> 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
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