From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 19 14:41:46 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 14:41:44 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from amjers03.am.kwe.com (unknown [202.19.125.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D92BA37B402 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:41:43 -0800 (PST) Received: FROM GLOBAL73CSFBAI BY amjers03.am.kwe.com ; Tue Dec 19 17:40:46 2000 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Faisal Ali" To: Subject: Workaround for boot problems Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:45:23 -0500 Message-ID: <000001c06a0d$60499cd0$c715020a@GLOBAL73CSFBAI> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I have a Mylex DAC960PL card on which FreeBSD 4.2 Release did not boot. I checked the "Trouble.txt" file for suggestion to fix the problem. The advise did not help. But I was able to fix the problem by booting the system with DOS boot disk; executing the DOS utility as "fdisk /mbr". This created Master boot record on the Mylex hosted logical drive. Then I installed the system and intructed the installation process to allocate partition WITHOUT DEDICATING ENTIRE DRIVE and instructed NOT TO TOUCH THE BOOT RECORD. The system installed and booted properly. I have seen the same problem on other systems with different SCSI host adapters. This workaround always worked. I don't know why but I assume the incorrect drive geometry is detected by the FDISK editor. Faisal Ali Network Engineer. Global Services Twenty One Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message