This is my first time to install FreeBSD 5.x/6.x on a USB drive, so I am
not sure
if the boot/reboot problem is particular to this drive (SimpleTech
SP-U25/60), or
it is a generic USB issue (I do not have a second USB drive to confirm
the problem).
This USB device contains a WDC WD60 0VE-07HDT0 0811 drive.
System 1 -- desktop
ECS 848P-A7 motherboard with 2GB DDR and Intel P4 506+ CPU
ASUS Symbios 875 SCSI controller
issues:
(1a) attach some SEAGATE ST39102LW on SCSI controller, system boot OK,
(1b) if a Toshiba XM-6201B CD drive or some old SCSI drives
attached, BIOS
can still detect this USB drive, but it is not bootable. It
looks like hardware issue.
(2) After system successfully boot up, reboot/shutdown [-h, -p] will
hang the system
after following message:
No buffer busy after final sync
Uptime: 2m11s
Only way to get system reboot or shutdown is to power cycle the machine.
System 2 -- laptop
Sony VAIO PCG-6J2L
Problem: installing FreeBSD 5.x/6.x on USB drive has no problem.
system cannot boot (hangs system) regardless the
FreeBSD install on
this laptop or from other computer.
system will not respond to soft-reset or any key
stroke once hangs. Power
down the system is the only way to go.
Boot fails immediately once anything starting show
on the screen. It looks like
some type of error message repeatedly spiting on the
screen. It scrolls too fast
to read. It seems something like:
int=###### ######
........................................................................
ext=###### ######
........................................................................
Is this a generic USB drive issue or particular problem for this USB
drive with this VAIO
machine?
Is there a workaround to make a USB drive (or this USB drive) to
boot from this VAIO laptop?
I need to boot this laptop from an external drive.
Please let me know how can I boot an external drive (any type
external drive) on this Snoy
VAIO PCG-6J2L laptop.
TIA
-Jin
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