Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:38:40 +0100 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb/142876: sysinstall abort:: usb stick as source media & usb stick as install target Message-ID: <201001161438.40452.hselasky@c2i.net> In-Reply-To: <4B51BF7D.5090702@a1poweruser.com> References: <201001160950.o0G9o60H012955@www.freebsd.org> <201001161108.34235.hselasky@c2i.net> <4B51BF7D.5090702@a1poweruser.com>
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On Saturday 16 January 2010 14:30:37 Fbsd1 wrote: > Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > > On Saturday 16 January 2010 10:50:06 Joe Barbish wrote: > >>> Number: 142876 > >>> Category: usb > >>> Synopsis: sysinstall abort:: usb stick as source media & usb > >>> stick as install target Confidential: no > >>> Severity: serious > >>> Priority: high > >>> Responsible: freebsd-usb > >>> State: open > >>> Quarter: > >>> Keywords: > >>> Date-Required: > >>> Class: sw-bug > >>> Submitter-Id: current-users > >>> Arrival-Date: Sat Jan 16 10:00:09 UTC 2010 > >>> Closed-Date: > >>> Last-Modified: > >>> Originator: Joe Barbish > >>> Release: 8.0 release > >>> Organization: > >> > >> none > >> > >>> Environment: > >>> Description: > >> > >> Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB > >> target device that freebsd is to be installed on. > >> > >> I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb stick. I can boot this usb stick > >> (da0) and use the default sysinstall program to install from to any > >> motherboard cabled hard drive. This works as exspected. > > > > Hi, > > > > Did you mean image or iso? Do you have the download link? ISO files > > should normally not be cat'ed onto memory sticks. And if you do so, you > > might have to check the options and install medium menu before it works. > > > > --HPS > > Your questions are meaningless as i state I have used it to install to > motherboard cabled hard drives. I bet using an iso burned to cd will > generate same abort problem when you have 2 usb sticks plugged in and/or > 2 usb hard drives plugged in and using da1 as install target. I think > sysinstall usb support as currently released in 8.0 can only handle a > single usb stick or hard drive as install target. It will only install > to da0. Check the base 8.0 system for /dev/da1 through da9 statements. > There should be partition statements like da0 has. That seems to be root > of problem as abort msg says. Should be simple to test for your self. I > think this was just overlooked. Lets say your FBSD system has no > motherboard cabled hard drives. It has 4 usb hard drives. You use disc-1 > to install on da4 and i bet you get same abort msg. > Hi, I understand that. The problem I see it is that /dev/daX is used as mount device instead of the disk label, for example /dev/ufs/FreeBSD-8-installer. Then the device name does not matter. This is not an USB problem. Your PR is misplaced. --HPS
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