Gary Mills wrote:

>I'm attempting to boot my Acer AS3810T-6827 from a
>USB flash stick.  I understand that the IOMMU is a problem,
>but I can work around that with `immu-enable=false'.
>
>There's apparently also a USB problem.  When I boot with
>`-B immu-enable=false -kdv', the last few lines on the
>screen are:
>
>    /fw/cpu at 1 (cpudrv0) online
>    pseudo-device: dld0
>    dld0 is /pseudo/dld at 0
>
>It hangs at that point.  When I boot it with
>'-B immu-enable=false,disable-ehci=true',
>it goes into maintenance mode like this:
>
>Requesting System Maintenance Mode
>(See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.)
>Console login service(s) cannot run
>Enter user name for system maintenance mode (control-d to bypass): _
>
>Is there anything I can do to debug this problem further?
>  
>
When you disable ehci the USB flash stick won't have a driver, so it 
can't boot. To truely prove if it is a USB problem I'd suggest booting 
from the internal hard disk(SATA/IDE/SAS), and see if the USB disk can work.

Vincent.

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