Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:56:06 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Subject: 8.0 sysinstall problem with usb stick as source media and usb stick as install target Message-ID: <4B4DA6C6.1080809@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80912051253o37696e54kc0864e40df10fee4@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091128113000.BBDF410656E6@hub.freebsd.org> <20091205212857.H34611@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <e277d6c80912051253o37696e54kc0864e40df10fee4@mail.gmail.com>
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I know the sysinstall pgm is a dinosaur that nobody wants to touch so I give Randi great respect in tackling it adding USB support in 8.0. Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB target device that freebsd is to be installed on. I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb stick. I can install from this usb stick (da0)to any motherboard cabled hard drive. But when i try to target another usb stick (da1) to install to, sysinstall works normally up to the message this is your last chance before writing to the media. Then i get a abort message "Unable to find device node for /dev/da1s1b in /dev! I then select vty1 and see this message geom: da1: media size does not match label. Followed by repeating messages "debug scanning disk da1 root file system" and "debug scanning disk da1 swap file system" I could be wrong but maybe the disc-1 iso is missing some /dev statements for partitions on usb da1 through da9. Can someone verify this
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