On 8/12/05, Kliment Andreev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maude User wrote: > > Thanks for this info. > > > > The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention "USB" but it > > says the machine > > can boot from "Removable Devices" so it sounds like your first > > suggestion about booting from > > removable drives would work. > > Even if you boot from the USB CD, there is a chance that FreeBSD load > won't recognize the USB chipset, so you won't be able to choose the > source for the installation media.
His board has an Intel ICH5R. I just got done setting up a server with this chip and USB works just fine: > dmesg |grep -i usb uhci0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xe800-0xe81f irq 16 at device 29.0 on pci0 usb0: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhci1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> port 0xec00-0xec1f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0 usb1: <UHCI (generic) USB controller> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfe7ffc00-0xfe7fffff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0 usb2: EHCI version 1.0 usb2: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 usb2: USB revision 2.0 umass0: Genesys Logic USB Storage Device, rev 1.10/1.13, addr 2 umass0: Acer Labs USB 2.0 Storage Device, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 2 da1: <USB 2.0 Storage Device 0100> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"