Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:38:20 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot boot FreeBSD (8.0) from USB stick (Dell Inspiron 9400) Message-ID: <4B59D47C.1090203@kukulies.org> In-Reply-To: <4B59AABA.6030301@a1poweruser.com> References: <4B581838.8010107@kukulies.org> <4B586142.3020404@a1poweruser.com> <4B5861E1.7030800@kukulies.org> <4B59AABA.6030301@a1poweruser.com>
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I don't know why you shout. (?) Fbsd1 schrieb: > Christoph Kukulies wrote: >> Fbsd1 schrieb: >>> Christoph Kukulies wrote: >>>> I installed FreeBSD 8.0 on an USB-stick and was able to boot it on >>>> my Desktop PC and install 8.0 >>>> from it. > > DO YOU MEAN YOU INSTALLED THE 8.0 ISO ON A USB STICK. BOOTED FROM IT > AS INSTALL SOURCE AND INSTALLED 8.0 ON A DESKTOP PC TO THE MOTHERBOARD > CABLED HARD DRIVE??? OR DO YOU MEAN YOU INSTALLED 8.0 ON A DESKTOP PC > TO ANOTHER USB STICK??? The former, I copied the 8.0 iso image to an USB stick, booted it and installed it to the desktop PCs hard drive. That was one story. The other point is, that I now wanted to plug this USB stick into my Dell inspiron and install FreeBSD in the same manner to a free partition on my notebooks hard drive. > > >>>> >>>> Now I plugged the same stick into my Dell Inspiron 9400 and the USB >>>> stick (2GB) is not even listed in the F12 Bios boot menu. > > YOU MEAN YOU PLUGGED THE STICK WITH THE ISO INSTALLED ON IT THAT THE > DESKTOP BOOTED FROM??? Yes, that same stick booted the desktop but is not recognized in the F12 menu of my notebook. > >>>> >>>> Any clues? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Christoph >>>> >>>> >>> Older pc's have bios which do not have option to boot from USB stick. >>> I think that is so in your case. Check mfg website for bios update. >>> If not you are SOL. (shit outof luck) >> >> I can boot USB sticks in general from that notebook/BIOS. That Dell >> 9400 isn't that old. Today I tried an another USB stick (16GB) an >> Ubuntu 9.04 boot image and it worked fine. I saw the boot device >> under F12 in the bootable device menu. >> It's definitely not the BIOS. Could be some partition problem (active >> partition?). > > Why is it part #4 btw, that FreeBSD resides in and not part #1 ? > > LETS NOT GET CONFUSED WITH MSDOS /FREEBSD TERMS. IN FREEBSD A SLICE IS > WHAT MSDOS CALLS A PARTITION. IN FREEBSD A PARTITION IS A FILE SYSTEM > SUCH AS /, /USR, /VAR WITH IN THE SLICE. A SLICE IS MARKED AS ACTIVE > MEANING ITS BOOTABLE. THE MBR The FreeBSD fdisk program names it "partition". > (MASTER BOOT RECORD)PARTITION TABLE IS REALLY FREEBSD SLICE TABLE. > FROM YOUR STATEMENT ABOVE YOU HAVE A MOTHERBOARD CABLED HARD DRIVE > WITH 4 PARTITIONS/SLICES DEFINED IN THE MBR PARTITION TABLE. THE FIRST > 3 PARTITIONS COULD BE HOLDING OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT YOU MAY > WANT TO BOOT FROM. IS THIS CORRECT? Actually, I thought the USB stick had been blanked out before, but I'm nit sure and will look at it again. > > > I followed some FreeBSD howto, if I'm not wrong, to bring the ISO >> to the USB stick. Think it was a tool from HP to write it to the stick. >> >> -- >> Christoph >> >> > I will come back with the results of the check below later. -- Christoph <!-- scripts deleted-- >
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