On Tue, 12 Jun 2007, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: JC> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 08:32:03PM +0400, WaW wrote: JC> > Hello. JC> > I'm trying to install freebsd 6.2-STABLE to usb device. After JC> > installation done successfully and reboot i getting messages like JC> > this: JC> > JC> > Invalid slice JC> > Invalid slice JC> > No /boot/loader JC> > JC> > FreeBSD/i386 boot JC> > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel JC> > boot: JC> > JC> > typing "da(0,a)/boot/loader" and many other variants had no success. JC> > Also i tried to install manually, allocating full disk for bsdlabel JC> > slice - same result. JC> > JC> > My motherboard is asus a8n-sli premium, and it is capable of booting JC> > from usb. Recently i successfully installed and booted opensuse from JC> > the same usb device. JC> > JC> > Is there any solution to make freebsd boot from usb device? JC> > JC> > PS as usb device i mean my usb flash and ata disk with external case, JC> > i tried both of them. JC> JC> I believe this has been discussed before. The conclusions I remember JC> being reached were that the FreeBSD bootloader has issues when trying JC> boot USB disks (pendrives, CF, hard disks, etc.). JC> JC> Using something like GRUB (yes, to boot FreeBSD) instead apparently JC> works fine. It's in ports; sysutils/grub.
I have sliced 2G USB stick which boots FreeBSD on some motherboards and chokes on 'invalid slice' on others. I did not find the dihotomy point yet. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
