From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 4 19: 7:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80A837B400 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail16.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59B7043E65 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:07:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sbailey@speakeasy.net) Received: (qmail 29763 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2002 02:07:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO master) ([66.218.50.72]) (envelope-sender ) by mail16.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 5 Sep 2002 02:07:54 -0000 Message-ID: <000401c25481$2556b8f0$6501a8c0@master> From: "Sam Bailey" To: "Jim Arnold" Cc: References: <001201c25425$def27530$7c02380a@sambailey> Subject: Re: Cannot boot to HDD after install Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:08:26 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes, BIOS is set for IDE boot. This is driving me nuts! I am new to Unix as well as FreeBSD, but I won't give up. Thanks Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Arnold" To: "Sam Bailey" Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Cannot boot to HDD after install > Is your bios set to boot first from the IDE drive and not a scsi drive? > > >Well, > > > >I had a problem at first with a SCSI CD-ROM, so I ripped out the CD-Rom and > >put in an IDE one. I can now boot from the CD-Rom, but as I complete the > >sysinstall, I remove the CD-Rom and reboot, but I get a BOOT DEVICE NOT > >FOUND error. I am installing on a 20 GB drive, and I am using the whole > >drive for FreeBSD. I am installing 4.6.2, and when I go through fdisk, I do > >set the freebsd slice as active. The disk geometry matches that found by > >the BIOS. There are two small unused portions, at the beginning and at the > >end of the drive, that I am assuming are artifacts of the geometry. I am > >also using the automatic settings in the disk label, in order to create the > >mount points. Root is only 125 MB, so there should be > >no problems with the 1024 cylinder issue. I am also not using a Boot > >Manager, as I will only have FreeBSD on the system. > > > >I am installing on an ASUS P6NP5 Pentium Pro motherboard, with the last bios > >update provided by ASUS. Granted the board is old, but the drive is a > >fairly new Western Digital 20 GB drive. The BIOS on the board finds the > >drive in the HDD detection utility and I have selected "Normal" as opposed > >to "LBA" as the geometry type. > > > >Any suggestions? > > > >Sam > > > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -- > > ___________________________________________________________ > Jim Arnold Voice: 330.572.2822 > Ohio.com Site Administrator Cell: 330.730.0797 > http://www.ohio.com Yahoo IM: jim0266 > AOL IM: instantjim > > 12 E. Exchange Street - 2nd Fl -- Akron, OH 44308 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message