Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:22:29 +0400 From: WaW <wawaka@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot freebsd from usb device - Invalid slice Message-ID: <9fce1cdb0706121222x4074fhbc53a8126da38bde@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070612172030.GA81995@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <9fce1cdb0706120932v21d918fbsa3ee9e4b79a1eb28@mail.gmail.com> <20070612172030.GA81995@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On 6/12/07, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 08:32:03PM +0400, WaW wrote: > > Hello. > > I'm trying to install freebsd 6.2-STABLE to usb device. After > > installation done successfully and reboot i getting messages like > > this: > > > > Invalid slice > > Invalid slice > > No /boot/loader > > > > FreeBSD/i386 boot > > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel > > boot: > > > > typing "da(0,a)/boot/loader" and many other variants had no success. > > Also i tried to install manually, allocating full disk for bsdlabel > > slice - same result. > > > > My motherboard is asus a8n-sli premium, and it is capable of booting > > from usb. Recently i successfully installed and booted opensuse from > > the same usb device. > > > > Is there any solution to make freebsd boot from usb device? > > > > PS as usb device i mean my usb flash and ata disk with external case, > > i tried both of them. > > I believe this has been discussed before. The conclusions I remember > being reached were that the FreeBSD bootloader has issues when trying > boot USB disks (pendrives, CF, hard disks, etc.). > > Using something like GRUB (yes, to boot FreeBSD) instead apparently > works fine. It's in ports; sysutils/grub. > > -- > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > > Thanks, i'll try it. -- Vladimir K. aka WaW
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