Booting USB is no problem for me... here is a snippet of code I use to
automate this process:
(note, you might have to run this on a -current box)
#!/bin/sh
# read disk from command line
DISK=$1
# default values for Kingston 64M DataTraveler
CYLS=120
HEADS=16
SECTS=63
if [ $DISK ]; then
fdis
Hello misc@openbsd.org,
Nick, thanks for you attention to my problem.
This is my suggestion for all USB-sticks users:
ALWAYS ZEROISE flash device before using it
("dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0c" from install
media kicked to shell prompt).
In my case, brand new USB-stick has something
in
Alexey E. Suslikov wrote:
>>> some BIOSes unable to represent USB-stick as ordinary
>>> hard disk with real geometry.
>>>
>>> instead of it I see fd1 due "machine disk" with 1.44M
>>> floppy geometry (80/2/18).
>>>
>>> I have tried to copy over floppy??.fs (which is in
>>> 80/2/18 geo
some BIOSes unable to represent USB-stick as ordinary
hard disk with real geometry.
instead of it I see fd1 due "machine disk" with 1.44M
floppy geometry (80/2/18).
I have tried to copy over floppy??.fs (which is in
80/2/18 geometry) to USB-stick but it failed to boot.
does anybod
Alexey E. Suslikov wrote:
> Hello misc@openbsd.org,
>
> some BIOSes unable to represent USB-stick as ordinary
> hard disk with real geometry.
>
> instead of it I see fd1 due "machine disk" with 1.44M
> floppy geometry (80/2/18).
>
> I have tried to copy over floppy??.fs (which is in
>
Hello misc@openbsd.org,
some BIOSes unable to represent USB-stick as ordinary
hard disk with real geometry.
instead of it I see fd1 due "machine disk" with 1.44M
floppy geometry (80/2/18).
I have tried to copy over floppy??.fs (which is in
80/2/18 geometry) to USB-stick but it failed to b
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