On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 03:17:16PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
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> El día Thursday, July 10, 2008 a las 03:01:54PM +0200, Oliver Fromme escribió:
> 
> > Matthias Apitz wrote:
> >  > so I cam up with the idea to boot from that USB key I have used to
> >  > install 7.0-REL on that eeePC, i.e. the USB key works fine in any
> >  > laptop; on the HP NAT 1000s storage system it says:
> >  > 
> >  > FreBSD/i386
> >  > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel/kernel
> > 
> > Hm.  Strange.  The boot0 code should load /boot/loader,
> > not the kernel.  (While it is possible to load the kernel
> > directly under certain conditions, AFAIK, it is better
> > to go the "official" way and let the bootloader do its
> > job.)
> > 
> > Have you modified the boot sequence on that USB stick in
> > a special way?  Please make sure that it contains the
> > proper infrastructure, i.e. a /boot directory with the
> > loader, a kernel subdirectory etc.
> 
> 
> and again: the USB key works fine in the eeePC 900 and other laptops I
> have;

If the device works with another system then this is purely a
BIOS/USB-device compatibility problem.
FreeBSD bootcode has to use the BIOS to read disk blocks, since the
kernel isn't running yet.

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