On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 03:17:16PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Thursday, July 10, 2008 a las 03:01:54PM +0200, Oliver Fromme escribió: > > > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > so I cam up with the idea to boot from that USB key I have used to > > > install 7.0-REL on that eeePC, i.e. the USB key works fine in any > > > laptop; on the HP NAT 1000s storage system it says: > > > > > > FreBSD/i386 > > > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel > > > > Hm. Strange. The boot0 code should load /boot/loader, > > not the kernel. (While it is possible to load the kernel > > directly under certain conditions, AFAIK, it is better > > to go the "official" way and let the bootloader do its > > job.) > > > > Have you modified the boot sequence on that USB stick in > > a special way? Please make sure that it contains the > > proper infrastructure, i.e. a /boot directory with the > > loader, a kernel subdirectory etc. > > > and again: the USB key works fine in the eeePC 900 and other laptops I > have;
If the device works with another system then this is purely a BIOS/USB-device compatibility problem. FreeBSD bootcode has to use the BIOS to read disk blocks, since the kernel isn't running yet. -- B.Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm. _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"