Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 17:23:51 -0500 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: compaq presario 2200 problems Message-ID: <00d901bf1437$4c1eb1a0$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910111300430.79666-100000@pogo.caustic.org>
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Hi,
It sounds to me that you have a configuration problem, could be several
things:
1.- Make sure that the disk its marked as bootable, you can check this with
"DOS fdisk".
2.- If your disk its an SCSI one, make sure the termination its in its
place.
3.- I insist, make sure that you can boot with DOS ("fdisk /mbr", "format
c: /c/s" & Boot), if you can boot with DOS, it has to boot with FreeBSD.
4.- Make sure that you have specially specified the "Boot: SCSI" option in
your "BIOS" (or C if it is an IDE one).
5.- Make sure that in your "SCSI BIOS", its defaulting to boot from the
specified disk ID.
I Have a Compaq Proliant 800, with 2 SCSI Disks, and it was working fine
under NT, but when I tried to install FreeBSD on it, it detected all the
devices, but it timed out the Disks, I had to play around with the SCSI IDs,
in order to make them work, and the server has worked great since then.
P.S. It seems that could be the option #1, AFAIK the FreeBSD fdisk sometimes
failed to mark the disk bootable.
Good Luck...
Ales
>
> this is actaully the first time i've had a freebsd install fail in over a
> year.
>
> the only error we get is "read error," unless we have the multiOS booter
> installed, when it simply cycles back to the OS choices.
>
> i'm not sure what exactly is going on, but at a guess, i think the
> hardware is failing to read the OS or kernel.
>
> sorry taht there sin't more information for me to give.. but this is all
> we have.
>
> thanks again for your help,
>
> -- jan
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Alejandro Ramirez wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here it comes something very simple, but its the beggining, if your
> > system its able to boot from H.D. the DOS or Windows OS, without any
> > problem, you should be able to boot FreeBSD without making any change to
the
> > BIOS, maybe some changes could be needed for hardware recognition, but
not
> > for booting.
> >
> > BTW Check out that all of your Hardware its compatible with FreeBSD
> > (www.freebsd.org).
> >
> > P.S. Just where does exacly hangs, or fails, does it says something like
> > unable to mount root, or any messages at all, it would be nice if you
could
> > put in here those messages, that Im sure that at least you get one.
> >
> > Have Fun...
> > Ales
> >
> > >
> > > i've got a relativly stupid question, but, we've exausted all other
> > > resources, and now i'm turning to the mass minded freebsd (ab)user
> > > community.
> > >
> > > here's the problem:
> > >
> > > we're trying to install FreeBSD 3.2 on to a compaq presario 2200. now,
as
> > > expected, we're having problems with it, but nothing that we've done
has
> > > so far solved them, any of them. basically, the machine refuses to
boot
> > > anything remotely resembling freebsd.
> > >
> > > i suspect that it's a problem with teh Filesystem type (FFS) and what
the
> > > BIOS likes and wants, but i'm not sure. we've tried just about every
trick
> > > in and out of the book, and are now out of ideas. any suggestions?
> > >
> > > please, don't send me anything like "get better hardware". changing
hte
> > > hardware isn't really an option.
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks much,
> > > -- jan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
>
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