From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed May 11 15:02:16 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75831B37E4F for ; Wed, 11 May 2016 15:02:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA HLL ISSUER 01" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A6261C03; Wed, 11 May 2016 15:02:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA1262212; Wed, 11 May 2016 11:02:13 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ZCpBXnB5olKV; Wed, 11 May 2016 11:02:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BC7C6220F; Wed, 11 May 2016 11:02:10 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1462978930; bh=2Cak+y0EaFfZfGKhNIDD8JiH1u11qMgFWbN/85cSZ8o=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Cc:Reply-To; b=TSU3L5p5XHIIQfd00KLS4uO3paRFXgs5RN8IH7l2L9czyGyUyt/Vv9wANZ69r5Yka 0TpQ7fr8ypleJntOXIMJnE3OyBAyqUjXqrNT7POinCNjguLOF5R4FZa3PuhvR3iWyB jMaXWRVCCxfz6EQOGlp0geI/CsOpZ0KA8ZWPUN8yCaF9iZFvifa/eyTP+c5sobH5xm K59jdsoJhqBI36JblJCRRkbhBzFSXFmUZQ8o7G2pnQqqdAZAZ3y1s4Z61gsznDJ+Ya 0W5z3wUzVR9mhnbzcu5tkp9f8xVagkEYDdS6JqHnel0IzqJlkKxiLaNPVlqT0p7bPN nZMLBCgALGg6w== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Wed, 11 May 2016 11:02:10 -0400 Message-ID: <3e227268682a29bb76e3a9b4950e9d07.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <6f3987e8-0a02-0ece-7804-f9f9a9bef04a@FreeBSD.org> References: <2de0218b785fce87223ea47cfe327350.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <6f3987e8-0a02-0ece-7804-f9f9a9bef04a@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 11:02:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Basic question respecting install from usb flash drive. From: "James B. Byrne" To: "Matthew Seaman" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 15:02:16 -0000 On Tue, May 10, 2016 17:41, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 10/05/2016 22:05, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: >> So, what is the problem? A bad usb flash copy? > > Yes. It looks like your USB drive has a corrupted system image on it. > The bootloader is there, but it can't load the kernel from the USB > drive. > > I suggest trying again: either rewrite your current USB drive, or try > again with a fresh one. Either way, be sure to verify the checksum on > the memstick image you downloaded before doing anything else with it. > I re-flashed the usb key using bs=4096 and that copy boots properly during the install. Thank you for the advice. Regards, -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3