On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 06:12:37AM +0800, Dion van der Grijp wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 07:23:06PM +0100, David Brownlee wrote:
> >  	I had a quick pass at putting a kernel on a USB key,
> >  	    mount /dev/sd0e /mnt
> >  	    cp /boot /netbsd /mnt
> >  	    umount /mnt
> >  	    installboot -v /dev/sd0e /usr/mdec/bootxx_msdos
> >  	    fdisk -i sd0
> > 
> >  	I can quite believe something is missing, but the result
> >  	gives me an 'Error B', which is an errcod which doesn't
> >  	appear to be listed anywhere in arch/i386/stand/mbr/mbr.c
> > 
> >  	Does anyone have any idea?
> > 
> > -- 
> >  			   David Brownlee -- abs@absd.org
> 
> 
> Not answering the "Error B" part - I believe someone else already
> addressed that. :-)
> 
> What I'd like to know is are there any USB keys that are known to work
> properly with NetBSD as umass devices - specifically for installing a
> NetBSD kernel and booting it?  I recall someone mentioning something
> about problems with the Sony Micro Vault - but I forget the actual
> nature of that problem.  Are there any "preferred" makes of USB key, or
> alternatively, any one should stay away from?
> 
All should work, they are the same umass after all. A good sign is it
"works with mac" and "needs no drivers". But some good devices are just
good, they do not need to put essays on the box to convince people :-)