Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 23:19:47 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> Cc: nathan@vidican.com, questions@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server will not recognize boot record for some reason Message-ID: <200101050719.f057Jlt03498@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Jan 2001 17:43:52 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.31.0101031721360.21539-100000@sdmail0.sd.bmarts.com>
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This is a FAQ; you have a geometry mismatch.
Make sure the BIOS on the card is set for 2GB mode, make sure sysinstall
detects a */128/32 geometry. 8GB mode doesn't work (my fault, will be
fixed once I get my lab set up and some free time).
> I can add another data point for this. We are using FreeBSD 4.0 (I'll be
> upgrading them one of these days) and had this exact same problem. My
> solution was to make a floppy disk and stuff it in the drive. It did the 3
> phase boot loader and in the loader.rc I added set currdev=disk1s1a which
> did the trick. I'm really interested in getting this working as these are
> our mailservers that I'd rather not trust to having to boot from floppy
> disks.
>
> -gordon
>
> On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Nathan Vidican wrote:
>
> > Subject: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server
> > will not recognize boot record for some reason
> >
> > Having problems booting; the system installs to the mylex system drive
> > fine, but when I reboot, I get the FreeBSD boot MGR, and it only beeps
> > when I press F1 for FreeBSD. If I install using a normal boot record,
> > the system reports 'No operating system found'. I'm thinking it may be
> > an issue with the Mylex card, but I don't know for sure if the system's
> > bios could cause this either. I cannot attempt to install the mylex card
> > in another machine; as the drives attached to it are in a hot-swap
> > carriage which is part of the system's chassis.
>
>
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