Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:08:26 -0700 From: "Sam Bailey" <sbailey@speakeasy.net> To: "Jim Arnold" <jarnold@knightridder.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Cannot boot to HDD after install Message-ID: <000401c25481$2556b8f0$6501a8c0@master> References: <001201c25425$def27530$7c02380a@sambailey> <a05111b3eb99bdf6bf662@[192.168.0.3]>
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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<grin>. Thanks Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Arnold" <jarnold@knightridder.com> To: "Sam Bailey" <sbailey@speakeasy.net> 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 <jarnold@knightridder.com> 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
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