Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:27:34 -0400 From: "Potts, Ross" <rpotts@harris.com> To: "'Cribbins, Jason'" <Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com>, john253@crosswinds.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Unable to boot 4.1.1 Message-ID: <95B669A7D872D41182A600508BDFFB8C12D5DB@mlbmx7.ess.harris.com>
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Perhaps he could start out by using the install program to get into the partition program to get rid of one of the swaps. I can't imagine 2 swaps being a problem IF they have been striped into from two physical HDDs. Also, there should be a backup kernel available to name in the bootup process as an alternative. -----Original Message----- From: Cribbins, Jason [SMTP:Jason.Cribbins@qwest.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 11:13 AM To: john253@crosswinds.net; questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Unable to boot 4.1.1 -----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. I tried IDE only and got the same response. The only reason I used the SCSI for swp and tmp was to avoid wasting a perfectly good HD. It seems the only config that works is when I install only the 520MB SCSI drive. But that makes my /usr way too small for my needs. This trouble seems to be directly associated with FreeBSD 4.1.1 and my Promise Ultra100 IDE controller. Note I am using an ATA66 drive right now and the card bios is detecting the drive on bootup. 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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