From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 19 23:03:49 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 197AA16A585 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:03:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from homeinbed@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9271213C44C for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from homeinbed@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so698814uge for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:03:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=oQSkJaHJJaHjU6sPkN7ePcR7vNZuJUF8s2TCJbCKTOir1Try8h7iywQ1TLZHlMfY0/uK7zPtOYXopxBF4UdDZUidhxNf/0FrqGm6OjI//55Lr4HXIOwPdTUkBYaxx5UhbPSvMaqqbvwf4Hjh7t1uzSLg4pdcpZSaBNyydx3VRXA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=OdHGNeUVWsc014wCFprkTUg/T2eJjyK/checNdA3oXHpznzObSZ9rbqwPqVrSX1MdgfzydkmclWq56tx8Ig1WCraaGbU9+2/slQVccN540r1xfW7lkYE8ZgjRRfAuEe92ZISl0klsWKZZHCBwkgUslRw37araIeNriEnQdNeD9Q= Received: by 10.78.178.5 with SMTP id a5mr593757huf.1184886226889; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:03:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.13 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:03:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <416f456e0707191603x51d75736r2fcec961bd44a8c5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:03:46 +0100 From: "John Clement" To: "Derek Ragona" In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070719092800.02503538@mail.computinginnovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <416f456e0707190131y3e0ca1b9xf636ca7b7334551b@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20070719092800.02503538@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: no /boot/loader - after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:03:49 -0000 The burner's been playing up recently so I've just been using the copy of 6.1 I've got. Maybe I'll get a copy of 6.2 burnt at work to try after the weekend. The locked MBR hadn't occured to me, but having checked, unfortunately it wasn't that. So back to the drawing board. If anyone's got any other idea, I'de love to hear them! cheers -jc On 19/07/07, Derek Ragona wrote: > > At 03:31 AM 7/19/2007, John Clement wrote: > > I'm installing 6.1 on an HP Vectra VL420, I've been in the BIOS to set the > C/H/S as per what the install reports (I've tried an 80GB Seagate and a > 250GB WD), the install all seems to go fine. I've tried the FreeBSD boot > manager, a standard MBR and even setting the disk as dedicated, but > regardless I end up with the same 'no /boot/loader' when it reboots. > > I suspect (and hope) I'm making a simple mistake, I just haven't seen this > happen before. > > Thanks in advance!! > > > First you should try 6.2 which is the latest release. > > Check your BIOS that you are allowing to write to the boot area. Many > BIOS have a setting to not allow this to prevent a virus writing to the boot > area. > > -Derek > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* , and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for > their support.