usb/142876: sysinstall abort:: usb stick as source media & usb stick as install target

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Saturday 16 January 2010 14:30:37 Fbsd1 wrote:
> Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
> > On Saturday 16 January 2010 10:50:06 Joe Barbish wrote:
> >>> Number:         142876
> >>> Category:       usb
> >>> Synopsis:       sysinstall abort:: usb stick as source media & usb
> >>> stick as install target Confidential:   no
> >>> Severity:       serious
> >>> Priority:       high
> >>> Responsible:    freebsd-usb
> >>> State:          open
> >>> Quarter:
> >>> Keywords:
> >>> Date-Required:
> >>> Class:          sw-bug
> >>> Submitter-Id:   current-users
> >>> Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 16 10:00:09 UTC 2010
> >>> Closed-Date:
> >>> Last-Modified:
> >>> Originator:     Joe Barbish
> >>> Release:        8.0 release
> >>> Organization:
> >>
> >> none
> >>
> >>> Environment:
> >>> Description:
> >>
> >> Using 2 USB sticks. da0 2GB as the bootable install media and da1 4GB
> >> target device that freebsd is to be installed on.
> >>
> >> I have put the disc-1 iso onto a usb stick. I can boot this usb stick
> >> (da0) and use the default sysinstall program to install from to any
> >> motherboard cabled hard drive. This works as exspected.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Did you mean image or iso? Do you have the download link? ISO files
> > should normally not be cat'ed onto memory sticks. And if you do so, you
> > might have to check the options and install medium menu before it works.
> >
> > --HPS
> 
> Your questions are meaningless as i state I have used it to install to
> motherboard cabled hard drives. I bet using an iso burned to cd will
> generate same abort problem when you have 2 usb sticks plugged in and/or
> 2 usb hard drives plugged in and using da1 as install target. I think
> sysinstall usb support as currently released in 8.0 can only handle a
> single usb stick or hard drive as install target. It will only install
> to da0. Check the base 8.0 system for /dev/da1 through da9 statements.
> There should be partition statements like da0 has. That seems to be root
> of problem as abort msg says. Should be simple to test for your self. I
> think this was just overlooked. Lets say your FBSD system has no
> motherboard cabled hard drives. It has 4 usb hard drives. You use disc-1
> to install on da4 and i bet you get same abort msg.
> 

Hi,

I understand that. The problem I see it is that /dev/daX is used as mount 
device instead of the disk label, for example /dev/ufs/FreeBSD-8-installer. 
Then the device name does not matter. This is not an USB problem. Your PR is 
misplaced.

--HPS