From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 13 08:03:53 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A85C106566B; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch) Received: from conversation.bsdunix.ch (ns1.bsdunix.ch [82.220.1.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332B88FC0A; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:03:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by conversation.bsdunix.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69E775D67; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.bsdunix.ch Received: from conversation.bsdunix.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (conversation.bsdunix.ch [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AnwYwDeg8UKb; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from bert.mlan.solnet.ch (bert.mlan.solnet.ch [212.101.1.83]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by conversation.bsdunix.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEF935D63; Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:50 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A5AEA66.6050207@bsdunix.ch> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:03:50 +0200 From: Thomas Vogt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090624) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ken Smith References: <4A559E50.3090408@bsdunix.ch> <1247179202.9053.39.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> In-Reply-To: <1247179202.9053.39.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: current@freebsd.org, Randi Harper Subject: Re: USB stick installation problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:03:53 -0000 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 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