Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:55:18 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, WaW <wawaka@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Can't boot freebsd from usb device - Invalid slice Message-ID: <20070613095326.J71077@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20070612172030.GA81995@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <9fce1cdb0706120932v21d918fbsa3ee9e4b79a1eb28@mail.gmail.com> <20070612172030.GA81995@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: JC> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 08:32:03PM +0400, WaW wrote: JC> > Hello. JC> > I'm trying to install freebsd 6.2-STABLE to usb device. After JC> > installation done successfully and reboot i getting messages like JC> > this: JC> > JC> > Invalid slice JC> > Invalid slice JC> > No /boot/loader JC> > JC> > FreeBSD/i386 boot JC> > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel JC> > boot: JC> > JC> > typing "da(0,a)/boot/loader" and many other variants had no success. JC> > Also i tried to install manually, allocating full disk for bsdlabel JC> > slice - same result. JC> > JC> > My motherboard is asus a8n-sli premium, and it is capable of booting JC> > from usb. Recently i successfully installed and booted opensuse from JC> > the same usb device. JC> > JC> > Is there any solution to make freebsd boot from usb device? JC> > JC> > PS as usb device i mean my usb flash and ata disk with external case, JC> > i tried both of them. JC> JC> I believe this has been discussed before. The conclusions I remember JC> being reached were that the FreeBSD bootloader has issues when trying JC> boot USB disks (pendrives, CF, hard disks, etc.). JC> JC> Using something like GRUB (yes, to boot FreeBSD) instead apparently JC> works fine. It's in ports; sysutils/grub. I have sliced 2G USB stick which boots FreeBSD on some motherboards and chokes on 'invalid slice' on others. I did not find the dihotomy point yet. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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