Re: DragonFly cannot detect existing FreeBSD partitions during install and cannot detect SanDisk USB flash drive during install

[walt <wa1ter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Hi Matt and Stefan,
> :
> :By the way, is there any difference when you install DragonFly on a
> :notebook PC and a desktop PC? Because when I try to boot my USB
> :SanDisk on an AMD-64 Athlon machine, it just detects the mount
> :partition of the USB and successfully boots without any problem. Below
> :is the dmesg and df messages output.
>
>      Being able to boot off of alternative media really comes down to
>      whether the BIOS support it or not.  I can boot off a USB stick
>      on my test cubes though I've noticed that the BIOS does not always
>      properly reset the USB ports, causing it to not probe them sometimes
>      on reboot.

Yes, I've seen that, and also with my USB mouse occasionally, but it happens
rarely so I don't know how to reproduce it.