Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:25:32 +0200 (CEST) From: avleeuwen@piwebs.com To: "Martin Nilsson" <martin@gneto.com> Cc: avleeuwen@piwebs.com Subject: Re: Loader failure when booting from CompactFlash Message-ID: <26504.212.83.93.49.1087482332.squirrel@winston.piwebs.com> In-Reply-To: <40D19BE9.2090802@gneto.com> References: <25271.212.83.93.49.1087477105.squirrel@winston.piwebs.com> <40D19BE9.2090802@gneto.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). Thanks! An install from CD works indeed. But as soon as I overwrite the data on the partition with my own (with a dump/restore in the cardreader), the same thing happens again. I guess it's not the partitioning that is to blame. I'll experiment with leaving /boot alone. Arjan
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