freebsd stable - Nov 2005 - FreeBSD 6 Released BTX loader issue

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lee sheng wrote:
> I'm trying to have clean install FreeBSD 6.0 released in my X41
thinkpad by
> using the cd, however I have problem while booting it in thinkpad X41 when
I
> load it using usb combo drive. The BTX loader keeps looping and halted
> someway and I have actually seen this report from previous post but it is
> not yet been fixed even till the FreeBSD 6.0 release.
Indeed, FreeBSD's BTX loader doesn't seem to support any USB devices.
 It also dies while booting from a USB stick, for example.

> I would like to know the status and what's actual problem or is there
any
> workaround.
In the end I gave up trying to install FreeBSD on my X41, after having
tried all kinds of things.  Now it runs Linux and OpenBSD without a
hitch. ;)

Then again, I didn't have a UltraBase docking station, which seems to
contain an ATAPI DVD/CD station.  You might be able to bootstrap with
that.

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On 11/6/05, Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com>
wrote:
> [redirecting to -stable, where this belongs]
>
> lee sheng wrote:
> > I'm trying to have clean install FreeBSD 6.0 released in my X41
thinkpad by
> > using the cd, however I have problem while booting it in thinkpad X41
when I
> > load it using usb combo drive. The BTX loader keeps looping and halted
> > someway and I have actually seen this report from previous post but it
is
> > not yet been fixed even till the FreeBSD 6.0 release.
>
> Indeed, FreeBSD's BTX loader doesn't seem to support any USB
devices.
>  It also dies while booting from a USB stick, for example.
>
>
> > I would like to know the status and what's actual problem or is
there any
> > workaround.
>
> In the end I gave up trying to install FreeBSD on my X41, after having
> tried all kinds of things.  Now it runs Linux and OpenBSD without a
> hitch. ;)
>
> Then again, I didn't have a UltraBase docking station, which seems to
> contain an ATAPI DVD/CD station.  You might be able to bootstrap with
> that.
>
Yes, the right way is to install Linux and then use
something like this:

http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/

<grin>After all, you can do something useful with
this gnu stuff</grin>