Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 00:57:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: New HD install? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960602005035.5555C-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hey Folks, I was just helping a friend install FreeBSD (2.2-960321-SNAP if I remember right) on his PC. (Quantum XP34300-S 4.3GB, NCR 53c810). Two problems arose. First, we couldn't recognize the CDrom drive during the install. We worked around that problem by installing the HD in another machine and installing there. (The cd was recognized on boot up, and I saw that it probed successfully from the boot stuff.) The next problem...when I said I wanted to use the entire drive for FreeBSD, I was asked if I wanted to use a geometry that would allow me to have other OS's later. I said yes. We installed, everything looked fine, and..."No OS found" on boot up. I installed the boot floppy, and at the boot: prompt I typed sd(0,a)/kernel and it worked fine! I tried the standard MBR...I tried booteasy. Nothing would find /kernel and actually boot. Then, I made a rash decision and *didn't* set up the drive to do this geometry thing I just mentioned. Lots of warnings in the menus, then it went ahead and did it. This time, it worked fine! I've never had this problem before. Can anyone suggest what I was doing wrong? Thanks, Brian PS: After we got FreeBSD installed on the HD, it recognized the cdrom fine. I...just...don't...get it!
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.OSF.3.91.960602005035.5555C-100000>