Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:07:29 +0300 From: "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@ipform.ru> To: "Len Conrad" <LConrad@Go2France.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: can't boot 4.2R Message-ID: <003e01c098e2$96e206c0$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010217131639.01ac6030@mail.Go2France.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010217134955.01b5c870@mail.Go2France.com>
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I've never has such problem in the past, so my wild guess would be: 1) wrong disk geometry? (very likely considering how old your drive is) 2) Some very weird disk with very weird bios ( i doubt that this is the case) 3) Wrong install procedure For number 1: Try getting some real values for the drive C/H/S. I guess the drive is not working in LBA mode? I cannot suggest anything particular, but you might try playing with the drive MODE and REAL/BIOS values for C/H/S when installing FreeBSD. As for number 2: get something newer and more standard nowadays As For number3: when in fdisk DO NOT PRESS 'W". Just create a slice ( which is what dos calls partition), make it a real partition (not dedicated), then just press 'Q' in label editor create all FBSD partions and press Q again. Installer shoudl do the job automaticcaly. Again, watch out for the disk geometry. Good luck Artem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" <LConrad@Go2France.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 3:55 PM Subject: Re: can't boot 4.2R > > >I don't understand. What boot manager has to do with CDROM? > > nothing > > >If you want to bood from a CDROM then you BIOS must support > >bootable CD's. > > it does, but that's not the key issue. > > >If it does not - upgrade your BIOS. If it is not > >upgradable-you are stuck with floppies. > > ok, that's what I used many times to stry to set up this system, but, > after freebsd 4.2R is installed by booting with the floopies and > installing from cdrom, I then cannot get the system to boot from > harddisk, some kind of partition table pb. > > >Or am i missing something? > > I should not have mentioned not booting, the pb is the "successful" > floppy install that refuses to boot the OS from hard disk. > > Before its previous harddisk died, this system was running 3.2R, > installed from a booted ISO image. That disk died, now the new disk > has partition table pb's. How to get around that? > > Len > > http://BIND8NT.MEIway.com : Binary for ISC BIND 8.2.3 for NT4 & W2K > http://IMGate.MEIway.com : Build free, hi-perf, anti-spam mail gateways > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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