Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:50 +0200 From: Thomas Vogt <freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Cc: current@freebsd.org, Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB stick installation problems Message-ID: <4A5AEA66.6050207@bsdunix.ch> In-Reply-To: <1247179202.9053.39.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <4A559E50.3090408@bsdunix.ch> <e277d6c80907090913q235ec40fk5d5b958374a0a82c@mail.gmail.com> <1247179202.9053.39.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu>
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Hello Ken Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 09:13 -0700, Randi Harper wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Thomas Vogt <freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch>wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I download and copied 8.0-BETA1-amd64-memstick.img to an usb stick as >>> described at >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2009-July/051018.html. >>> >>> I can boot it and sysinstall runs fine. Later i chose USB stick as >>> install medium but then i get a "no USB stick found" error. Is this an >>> know bug? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Thomas >> Possibly. Can you please tell sysinstall to rescan devices or restart the >> sysinstall process and tell me if that makes a difference? >> >> -- randi > > Expanding on this slightly - I did have this problem on one of the > machines I tested with. What Randi means by having sysinstall rescan > devices is go into the "Options" section. Inside the Options Editor on > the right side column there is an entry for "Re-scan Devices". Please > use that and then try a normal install. That seemed to work for me on > the one machine I had this glitch with. Thanks for this information. Unfortunately it didn't work. I re-scaned the devices but i still get "no USB stick found". Even restarting sysinstall didn't help The server has 14 sata disk, controlled via lsi controller as /dev/daX devices like the usb stick. Could this be a problem? I will try it with another usb stick. Regards, Thomas
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