Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 19:47:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Lars =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=F6ller?= <lars@koellers.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.2-rc1 Install Message-ID: <20031221194514.J55059@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <200312200952.hBK9qktK001299@odie.koellers.net> References: <200312200952.hBK9qktK001299@odie.koellers.net>
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003, Lars [iso-8859-1] K=F6ller wrote: > I'm trying to install a 5.2 system and have had a lot of trouble: > > - The disk images won't boot on my Adaptec 2940UW controller with the > latest Firmware. > I have to make an image by myself with mkisofs and cdrecord. After > this all boots well. Odd... the Adaptec BIOS is known to have problems if you have missing or invalid DOS slice tables. Don't run using 'dedicated' mode with Adaptecs, at least with the first boot volume. > - My installation isn't runable, cause the kernel don't find the rootfs Since you have FreeBSD installed twice and you are spanning IDE and SCSI disks, its entirely possible you're booting the wrong loader and its getting confused, or loader itself is getting confused because of the multiple FreeBSD installs. You should make sure that the 'rootdev' variable in the loader is set properly before jumping into the kernel. You can set it by dropping to the loader OK prompt and typing set rootdev=3DdiskXs1a where X is the disk number, printed when loader starts up. Some BIOSes have lots of issues with booting across IDE and SCSI disks in the same system. > - Disk configuration: > - ad0 (s1: FreeBSD-4.0) > - da0 (s1: FAT32, W98) > - da1 (s1: FBSD-5.2) > - da2 (s1: FAT32) --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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