Hello, Ok, If you need more information I can give it. I used this flash key with other OSes successfully (NetBSD, for example). So it is not an usb key problem. POST means "power on self test" which you see than computer starts. Motherboard is Jetway JNF76-N1G-LF P (VIA Nano U2300 1GHz, VIA VX800), however, it hanged with all other my motherboards (Intel X58, AMD 690G chipsets). I tried to disable SATA, AHCI but it didn't help. It doesn't hang only when I disable usb media as storage in BIOS (however it can't be bootable then). Installable OpenBSD CD boots without problems. It appears that BIOS can't recognize USB key with OpenBSD for some reason.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Robert Bronsdon <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't forget booting from USB is a black art. Different USB keys will > represent themselves in different ways, some keys represent themselves as > USB Floppy drives, some as USB CD-ROM drives. > > Some motherboards see USB keys as valid boot media, not all motherboards. > > Given your problem is during POST I can't see this being an OpenBSD > problem. One solution could be too install an OS designed to run from a > USB key and test it on the machine then. If it boots you can at least > eliminate the USB key itself as a problem. > > > -- > Using Opera M2: http://www.opera.com/mail/
