From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 25 16:41: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from glitch.crosswinds.net (glitch.crosswinds.net [209.208.163.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C82437B479 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:41:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lexx.my.domain ([195.110.170.22]) by glitch.crosswinds.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA74182; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:40:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from john253@crosswinds.net) From: John Murphy To: "Cribbins, Jason" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to boot 4.1.1 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 00:40:14 +0100 Organization: The Organisation Reply-To: john253@crosswinds.net Message-ID: <4glevs4urqi36tfvkemr1qv4l0rsvnsqag@4ax.com> References: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E87084650B0@fdntx001> In-Reply-To: <9D35FA2F8EFCD111BA5A00805FA75E87084650B0@fdntx001> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Cribbins, Jason" wrote: > >In the attempts to use both IDE and SCSI the bootable drive has always = been >the IDE. I will try to make it the SCSI on my next install attempt. = But I >must note that with no SCSI connected at all I get the same response = from >the system. I also still have no way to access the bios because it is >loaded on a partition of the HD which BSD wiped out during the initial >install. I am unable to get any help from Compaq in this respect because= I >have yet to determine the exact model# or even what model family it = belongs >to. Hopefully the messages from Ross Potts will help. > >I suppose the only real way to test this Bios theory is for me to get >another BM which I have BIOS access to and see if the IDE cards is >supported. Well Greg Lehey seems to think it's supported; see: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D893939+896513+/usr/local/ww= w/db/text/2000 >Well what can you expect for a $20 computer....I am now thinking I might >have been ripped off paying that much for all the trouble this thing has >given me! I'm sure you'll find a good use for it. You don't need much drive space = for a little server/firewall. At least you can get it to boot with SCSI = only. >> Have you tried just a minimal installation on the SCSI drive? You can >> move /usr /var and /tmp to the IDE drive later. If that doesn't work >> you should be able to boot the HD from a floppy as a last resort. > >I have thought about a floppy solution....but I do not know how to make = such >a disk. My space trouble is mainly a /usr situation. All other mounts = I >have seen normally wont even begin to stress the 520MB SCSI. Tonight I = will >attempt reload and install everything but /usr on the SCSI and use all = of >the IDE for /usr. With default all I noted that the /usr takes up all = the >extra space not allocated to anything else. So taking the /usr away = leave >about 420MB of empty space which I will take into the swap or /tmp or >whatever I guess. There was a thread here recently about booting from floppy. I'm sure = you'll find it if necessary. >I believe the onboard IDE is disabled because I get no response with DOS >FDISK program. IT is either disabled or totally incompatible with my = ATA66 >HD which should support ATA33 as well. That sounds hopeful. Good luck John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message