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.