From owner-freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 19 22:42:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D5416A403 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:42:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terje@elde.net) Received: from smtp.elde.net (us.elde.net [66.246.223.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC8643D48 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:42:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from terje@elde.net) Received: from smtp.elde.net (343006.ds.nac.net [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.elde.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C3965003; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:42:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (60.80-203-96.nextgentel.com [80.203.96.60]) (Authenticated sender: terje@elde.net) by smtp.elde.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1799664F56; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:42:51 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4446BB56.9080006@elde.net> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:36:06 +0200 From: Terje Elde User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Frank J. Beckmann" References: <200604181653.55129.frank@barda.agala.net> <200604191615.31768.frank@barda.agala.net> <77518d100604190945o66fa078fhb36f8015e7a2406a@mail.gmail.com> <200604192310.12885.frank@barda.agala.net> In-Reply-To: <200604192310.12885.frank@barda.agala.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make a bootable USB stick for booting a geli encryptet hard disk? X-BeenThere: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GEOM-specific discussions and implementations List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 22:42:54 -0000 Frank J. Beckmann wrote: >> You might try using a CD-R, then. For this, you'll need access to >> another (FreeBSD) system that has sysutils/cdrtools installed on it >> (mkisofs is part of sysutils/cdrtools). >> > > A CD or DVD is not an option. It has to be an USB device. The big question is > why does booting the USB device not work? > This is a classic problem, both with PenDrives and CF cards. I remember I had some issues with this, and finally adopted a method which seemed to work reliably. I stopped working on that stuff, and promptly forgot exactly what I did. I am however fairly certain it involved plugging it into a machine supporting it, going to it's BIOS, seeing what geometry it used, then using that on FreeBSD. I am however less sure which of the possible modes I used. Shouldn't be more than a couple of trial and error operations before you're up and running. Two things to keep in mind: a) You might need to set your BIOS to the geometry mode you're using, and b) Some BIOSes differentiate between USB "floppies", and USB "harddrives". Terje (which is tired, and might be thinking all wrong here)