From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 08:54:35 2003 Return-Path: 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 DDBF816A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:54:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail14a.sanjose14-verio.com (mail14a.sanjose14-verio.com [128.121.143.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 041DC43D2F for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:54:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danl@solvnet.net) Received: from www.solvnet.net (128.121.210.113)3-037517643 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:54:03 -0500 (EST) From: danl@solvnet.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:53:48 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <3FEC133C.11489.27764D@localhost> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.11) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Loop-Detect: 1 Subject: 4.9, 5.1 boot failure after install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:54:36 -0000 Hello, I had 4.9 release working and did a clean install of 5.1 release over the 4.9 and ended up with boot failure after install. Using allBSD partition and standard MBR I get a missing operating system error. If I use the FreeBSD boot I just get "default F1" and a beep. Now trying to install the 4.9 gives the same results. I'm using a Mylex DAC960ptl (accelraid 250) with the primary disk setup as JBOD. I set the bootable disk as active but everytime I go back to config fdisk the flag is not set. I then upgraded and flashed the RAID card, reformatted the disks and tried a 4.9 install, again with the same results. Is there an issue with the DAC card geometry or BIOS? Or a subtle quirk that isn't documented yet? thanks, Dan