From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 31 22:21:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1284516A4CE for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:21:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay3-f17.bay3.hotmail.com [65.54.169.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA13643D31 for ; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:21:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jeff_301@msn.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:21:02 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 4.226.138.96 by by3fd.bay3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:20:11 GMT X-Originating-IP: [4.226.138.96] X-Originating-Email: [jeff_301@msn.com] X-Sender: jeff_301@msn.com From: "Jeff Stockett" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:20:11 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Dec 2004 22:21:02.0584 (UTC) FILETIME=[0328B780:01C4EF87] Subject: problem booting 5.3STABLE from USB2 flash drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 22:21:03 -0000 Hello, I'm hoping to use freebsd as a custom router. To minimize noise and failure points, I was hoping to boot from a USB2 flash stick which have gotten dirt cheap. I downloaded 5.3RELEASE-i386-miniinst.iso and burned it to CD - stuck my 512MB flash drive into a USB port, and let the CD boot up. Everything appears to work, in that the installer lets me partition and format device da0 fine as well as copy over all the files (doing a "minimal" base install), but after it finishes everything and goes to reboot, the machine just hangs. After a hard reset, at boot time I get: F1 FreeBSD Default: F1 but then the box just hangs there locked up tight as a drum. If instead of choosing the "boot loader" option during install, I choose the standard "MBR" option after reset, I get: No Operating System Seems that the boot loader option almost works - but not quite. Does anyone know what might be wrong. Possibly some sort of USB initialize timing problem with the kernel? FWIW, the board boots DOS fine off the USB key, so I know the BIOS/board are working as intended. Thoughts? Thanks, Jeff