can't determine rootfs / operating system has halted

[n4freenewbie]

Hi all,

Just built a new machine and I'm trying to get N4F to run on it. When I boot from the LiveUSB, it ends with "can't determine rootfs" followed soon by "The operating system has halted." Any ideas on what I should do? See below for screenshots.

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[raulfg3]

how do you burn liveUSB?.


Please use rufus to avoid problems.

[n4freenewbie]

I was using Win32DiskImager. Does Rufus write the .img file directly? It seems like it wants to choose the .iso.

[n4freenewbie]

I just used Rufus to write the LiveUSB. Same issues. I tried out the USB on my laptop to see if it would boot, and it did. It appears to be an issue with my hardware setup, but I don't know what it could be. How do I investigate the issue further?

Thanks all!

[raulfg3]

Remember that you can do the N4F install on other machine, and once installed plug the USB on your final hardware, thats the magic of BSD

[n4freenewbie]

Thanks for the tip. I installed the embedded N4F from liveUSB onto another USB by booting up on a different machine. However, I still get the same errors when trying to boot on my hardware.

[raulfg3]

some type of incompatibility between BSD ( the uderlining OS of N4F), and your Hardware, please play with ROM options or N4F boot options ( do you try MBR instead GPT install? ).

[JoseMR]

Hello you maybe experiencing USB device timeouts or temporary disconnection while booting, thus preventing booting further, you can try another USB port either 2.0 and 3.0, a different USB stick and give some tests, as a last resort you may want to install in a small HDD if there are ports available.

Regards