Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 00:11:04 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: rank1seeker@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Ken Smith <kensmith@buffalo.edu> Subject: Re: Custom USB layout & sysinstall (Starting FIXIT) Message-ID: <201005132211.o4DMB4sG018935@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 13 May 2010 22:53:43 %2B0200." <20100513.205343.421.1@DEV>
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Hi,
rank1seeker@gmail.com wrote:
> So, I downloaded USB stick .img
> Instead of just writing it with dd, I've mounted and dumped it, as I wanted
> custom USB stick, layout.
>
> To cut it short.
> Bootable img file appears as ad0s2a instead of ad0a.
> Once I boot from BIOS->USB stick->slice 2, I enter sysinstall successfully.
>
> Now I wana enter into FIXIT, from sysinstall.
> And I get "No USB devices found!", as well as, at all other parts, of
> sysinstall, that search for USB device.
I reported the same thing as you a month back.
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2010-April/031534.html
Subject: Bug with fixit live 8.0 memstick.img running on F1 after MBR
From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:05:46 +0200
To: hackers@freebsd.org
Message-id: <201004171005.o3HA5kfo014359@fire.js.berklix.net>
I didn't get as far analysing as you did below.
Ken Smith (cc'd) posted ideas, but I got distracted on to other things.
Ken's post is here:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2010-April/031620.html
> Other parts of sysinstall, DO list ad4 (my HDD) and da0 (my USB stick)
> correctly.
>
>
> I think sysinstall has hardcoded command, to mount da0a and doesn't see
> da0sxa, at all.
>
> So how do I do it manually?
> Emergency Holo Sh is no go.
>
>
> Maybe this part of code is responsible, from file
> /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/devices.c:
> Code:
>
> /*
> * Find all devices that match the criteria, allowing "wildcarding" as well
> * by allowing NULL or ANY values to match all. The array returned is
> static
> * and may be used until the next invocation of deviceFind().
> */
> Device **
> deviceFind(char *name, DeviceType class)
> {
> static Device *found[DEV_MAX];
> int i, j;
>
> j = 0;
> for (i = 0; i < numDevs; i++) {
> if ((!name || !strcmp(Devices[i]->name, name))
> && (class == DEVICE_TYPE_ANY || class == Devices[i]->type))
> found[j++] = Devices[i];
> }
> found[j] = NULL;
> return j ? found : NULL;
> }
>
> PS:
> Options --> Rescan Devices, in sysinstall don't work.
>
> Could I start fixit, from loader prompt directly, so I wouldn't even have
> to eneter sysinstall, as I don't need it at all to install FreeBSD?
Cheers,
Julian
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