Re: USB3 3TB HDD boot

2013-02-12 Thread Aleš Nesrsta
Hi Bob, it is probably not GRUB bug according to Your description - it looks to be BIOS problem. 1. Currently I have no idea about Your HW, but it looks like Your xHCI (USB 3.0 controller) is not "native" part of the PC handled by BIOS, i.e. BIOS cannot boot from any device connected to USB 3.0 p

Re: USB3 3TB HDD boot

2013-02-12 Thread Seth Goldberg
Hi, Is this a 4k native drive? (4k physical AND logical sector size) or is it a 512e drive? In any case, if your system's BIOS does not present it as a boot option, you could try GRUB's USB support, but it is a bit flaky (and doesn't directly support usb3, so depending on how your USB contr

USB3 3TB HDD boot

2013-02-12 Thread Bob Lemar
Hi, guys I got new SEAGATE Expansion USB 3.0 and want to boot linux from it. I have successfully booted various linuxes before with different loaders from USB thumb flashes. But I cannot do it with this external drive. There are three problems: USB3, 4K sectors and >2TB. I try grub2 (fedora 17)

impossible physical address

2013-02-12 Thread horseriver
hi:) My grub is alwayes halting at $ip :0xfbc00185 . The memory paging mode is not set ,and the maximum of memory is 64M, So I think this address can not be accessed . my question is grub is running at paging mode or non-paging mode ? Does this address be normally producted ? thanks!