From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 28 06:51:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82BA51065671 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99B538FC22 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:51:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1S6o38i022776; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:50:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id m1S6nwnj022773; Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:50:01 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:49:57 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Nerius Landys In-Reply-To: <560f92640802272104s73385b5fi80f09409b3c018cc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20080228074913.R22772@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <560f92640802272104s73385b5fi80f09409b3c018cc@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD from USB CDROM drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:51:21 -0000 > I am having problems installing both 6.3 and 7.0 using a CDROM drive that > plugs into a USB port. The boot process starts, then I get scrambled text > over the whole screen scrolling like crazy. I can't read any of it. yes on some motherboard there are problems booting with USB - i've got similar too but nor screen scrool just single error when starting /boot/loader