Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:06:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Jaap Boender <jaapb@kerguelen.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange bootloader problem Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507271057480.6204@societe.kerguelen.org> In-Reply-To: <ndwtndzbqc.tnd@mail.opusnet.com> References: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507261749380.8928@societe.kerguelen.org> <ndwtndzbqc.tnd@mail.opusnet.com>
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:03:07 -0700 > From: Gary W. Swearingen <garys@opusnet.com> > To: Jaap Boender <jaapb@kerguelen.org> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Strange bootloader problem > > Jaap Boender <jaapb@kerguelen.org> writes: > >> So now I'm stumped. Does anyone have any advice? I'm running 5.4-STABLE, just >> cvsupped, built and installed an hour ago. > > Since you changed your BIOS, I'm suspecting something fishy with the > BIOS settings for disk geometry, like not LBA or something, but you've > probably already checked the BIOS setup... > > Read the boot(8) manpage paragraph starting with "However," which > says how to by-pass "/boot/loader" and maybe try that. > > Also, loader(8) manpage has a boot_verbose variable that might help. > -- "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." -- Ambrose Bierce
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