Bug 164089 - FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img does not boot
Summary: FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img does not boot
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: amd64 (show other bugs)
Version: 9.0-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: Mark Linimon
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Reported: 2012-01-13 16:40 UTC by Miguel de Val Borro
Modified: 2018-05-31 15:37 UTC (History)
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Description Miguel de Val Borro 2012-01-13 16:40:02 UTC 
I have written the 9.0-RELEASE memstick image to a USB device on a Linux machine using these commands:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
# dd if=FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/sdb bs=64k

When I try to boot from the USB memory stick I get a blank screen.

How-To-Repeat: The problem is reproducible using other arguments to the dd command such as 'bs=10240 conv=sync' and 'bs=4096'
Comment 1 ertyu 2017-07-13 13:51:59 UTC 
I'm experiencing similar with 11.0-Release. The system won't complete POST with the memstick connected. It's a Dell Inspiron 545 Core 2 Quad with G33 chipset. Meanwhile a CD install works fine. I found a few messages indicating this might be an issue with EFI.
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-28 19:50:01 UTC 
batch change:

For bugs that match the following
-  Status Is In progress 
AND
- Untouched since 2018-01-01.
AND
- Affects Base System OR Documentation

DO:

Reset to open status.


Note:
I did a quick pass but if you are getting this email it might be worthwhile to double check to see if this bug ought to be closed.
Comment 3 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-31 15:37:56 UTC 
Unfortunately this PR was never addressed before these versions of FreeBSD went out of support.  Sorry.

If this is still a problem, please open a new PR.  Thanks.