Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:32:39 -0500 From: Craig Boston <cb@severious.net> To: Ross Penner <ross.penner@gmail.com> Cc: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing from USB Flash Drive Message-ID: <20070801233230.GA1699@nowhere> In-Reply-To: <op.twd8jds0q910fd@localhost> References: <op.twd8jds0q910fd@localhost>
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On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:34:15PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > I'm using a via chipset and yes, the bios is set to boot from > USB-FDD. I used the 6.2 boot only image. I don't think that that option, which is for USB floppy drives, is what you want. USB flash memory uses a different protocol and looks like a hard drive. What you want is a "USB-HDD" or "USB Mass Storage" option in the boot order. With some BIOSes, USB storage devices don't show up in the normal boot order screen, but rather in a list of hard drives -- sometimes called "hard disk priority" or something similar. If it still doesn't work, you may want to check your motherboard manual and make sure that it's really capable of booting from USB flash memory. Not all BIOSes are. HTH, Craig
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