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Date:      Sat, 5 Apr 2008 08:41:23 GMT
From:      Dale DuRose <mafiageek@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   i386/122462: Fails to boot from an usb harddrive
Message-ID:  <200804050841.m358fNUG042807@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200804050850.m358o0UQ062451@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         122462
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Fails to boot from an usb harddrive
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 05 08:50:00 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dale DuRose
>Release:        7.0 Release
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
>Description:
Fails to boot from USB external hard drive.

Seem that freebsd boots from the mbr but crashes at BTX. If the bootloader is installed screen seems to scroll dumping cpu registers. And cant be stopped.


This is dump i get from btx if the standard mbr is installed.

int=0000000d err=00000000 efl=00030202 eip=00010000
eax=00000e49 ebx=00000007 ecx=00000007 edx=00000180
esi=000003f0 edi=00000000 ebp=000003f0 esp=00000406
cs=80c6 ds=9c82 es=1400 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9c80
cs:eip=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
       00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
ss:esp=47 91 00 00 16 02 00 60-00 00 1d 31 00 00 49 00
       00 6e 00 00 00 00 53 20-00 00 d2 31 00 00 3c 2c
BTX halted

>How-To-Repeat:
install FreeBSD on to an external usb hard drive with standard mbr installed. Boot from the external hard drive.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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