Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 11:59:15 +0200 From: Rob Schofield <schofiel@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with SCSI disks Message-ID: <357A6473.553@xs4all.nl> References: <199806061613.JAA00706@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > After installing FreeBSD 2.2.2 and 2.2.5, and trying to reboot from a > > Fujitsu 4.3G SCSI hard disk, I always get the message saying No Bootable > > Partition. > > I have also 4 IDE devices installed. > > What are you using to try to boot from the 5th disk in your system? > Many BIOSsen will only allow you to boot from the first or second disk. Plus, I was under the impression that unless your BIOS specifically supports "Boot from SCSI", the SCSI bus adapter BIOS will not install to allow a boot from the SCSI disk in the first place; having four IDE devices with the primary adaptor setup as your normal boot device would by default prevent a SCSI boot! I loaded the FBSD boot loader onto my primary ESDI disk a year or two back and pointed it at my SCSI disks attached to the bus adaptor (an AHA1740A), then used FDISK to set the bootable partition to be the Primary DOS partition on the 1st ESDI disk; this means the BIOS boot loader will first load the secondary loader in the MBR on the first (for you IDE) disk, which now contains the FBSD boot loader; you should then be able to choose the tertiary boot loader for the OS you want, eg. DOS on the first disk, FBSD on the (non-DOS bootable) SCSI disk. Rob Schofield To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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