usb/145184: GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Tuesday 30 March 2010 01:09:41 Eir Nym wrote:
> >Number:         145184
> >Category:       usb
> >Synopsis:       GENERIC can't mount root from USB on Asus EEE
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       serious
> >Priority:       medium
> >Responsible:    freebsd-usb
> >State:          open
> >Quarter:
> >Keywords:
> >Date-Required:
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   current-users
> >Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar 29 23:10:01 UTC 2010
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator:     Eir Nym
> >Release:        SVN revision 205702
> >Organization:
> >Environment:
> >Description:
> 
> Kernel doesn't see any USB disks (HDD and flash) on boot. After reinsert
>  flash disk, kernel see device, but can't mount root from it (doesn't list
>  it as possible boot GEOM). This problem is only on my EEE. desktop
>  computer bootup well.
> 
> CURRENT about 15th may 2009 boot well from flash drive. But it's too old :)
> 
> dmesg.boot you can see at http://freebsd.eroese.org/dmesg.r205702
> this kernel is based on generic, http://freebsd.eroese.org/FASTGENr205702
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 
> Checkout code from SVN, build generic system, install it on flash disk,
>  reboot from.
> 

This is a known issue.

--HPS