Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 08:51:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Dean <brdean@mindspring.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: i386/8368: 3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy Message-ID: <199810181251.IAA17735@vger.foo.com>
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>Number: 8368 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: 3.0-RELEASE: boot failure after install, possible problem with BootEasy >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 18 06:00:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Brian Dean >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD vger.foo.com 3.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Oct 17 21:41:25 GMT 1998 root@vger.foo.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/VGER i386 Motherboard: QDI Brilliant (440BX) w/Pentium II 300MHz CPU Disk: /kernel: wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa /kernel: wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <ST38641A> /kernel: wd0: 8207MB (16809660 sectors), 16676 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S >Description: The system would not boot after 3.0-RELEASE was installed. The problem appears to be related to having a DOS partition defined. When presented with the BootEasy screen, i.e., Press 'F1 for DOS, F2 for FreeBSD', pressing any function key results only in a beep. FreeBSD will not boot. >How-To-Repeat: Boot with the 3.0-RELEASE boot floppy. Start with a clean disk (no partitions). At the disk partitioning screen, first create a DOS partition, partition type = 6 (I used a 1024MB partition size). Then create a FreeBSD partition, type = 165, using all of the remaining space. Choose the "BootEasy" boot block. Continue to define slices in the FreeBSD parition, and install FreeBSD. Reboot. The system should reset, and won't be able to get past choosing which partition to boot from. >Fix: Installation using a dedicated disk, i.e., no 'fdisk' paritions, works fine. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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