Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 13:55:19 -0400 From: "Cribbins, Jason" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com> To: john253@crosswinds.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Unable to boot 4.1.1 Message-ID: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E8708464F13@fdntx001>
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I may have got the ad and da mixed up since I was unable to do copy/paste to ensure everything was accurate due to the nature of the server at the time of me writing the email. As for the swap I didn't get two swap drives because I created it myself on the SCSI before I did auto on the IDE. When I did the auto on the IDE the install program saw I already had a swap and didn't make a new one but rather allocated more to the /usr slice. I have 16MB or RAM so the auto program would have given me a 32MB swap and I didn't want that. I plan to upgrade ram in the near future so I planned on larger swap now. Also note that the onboard IDE port is disabled in bios which I do not have access to because of the computer design. Its a Compaq and the bios is accessed via a partition on the boot drive which BSD apparently wiped out during the first install. There is a working onboard SCSI controller with a 520MB SCSI drive attached which is way too small for my purposes. Since I Am unable to find the exact model number of this box I cannot download the proper "softpaq" from their web site. I have tried 8 different ones for models that were made in P90 processors and all have failed. There are about 30+ more I can use but don't have time or patience to bother. It was easier to just buy this IDE controller card. Any other questions you need answered so you can help me out here? -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Murphy Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:44 PM To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to boot 4.1.1 Cribbins, Jason wrote: >I downloaded the latest floopy disks linked on ther main web site and am >unable to boot now. The floppies were in the 4.1.1-release sectionof the >ftp site > >I have had no trouble using 4.1-stable that I downloaded last month but the >latest release is not working at all. Everything seems to go ok through the >entire install process until the finasl reboot then I get the following: > >>>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT >Default: 0:da(0,a)kernel >Boot: >Invalid partition >No /kernel > >This message repeats noi matter what I try. This only other difference >between this install and the one a month ago was the addition of a Promise >Ultra 100 IDE Controller. Which is why I decided to reinstall in the first >place. > >I have a 128MB swap and 392MB /tmp on ad0 (520MB SCSI) >I also have default all on the da4 (20GB IDE) This doesn't sound right because ad0 is an IDE drive. Also, if you did "default all" you probably have two swap partitions, and that will probably cause problems. >Thats the most info I can give right now since my system is unbootable and I >cant access any more info without attempting a reinstall. This is the third >time this weekend and I am finished unless I can get some guidance >Can anyone help? Perhaps try installing again with just the IDE drive. You could add the SCSI later. It should be no problem to move /tmp, but I'm not sure about the swap partition. HTH a little. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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