From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Apr 21 14:12:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34B737B8ED; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:12:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00572; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:19:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200004212119.OAA00572@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Stephane Legrand Cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot problem with AcceleRAID 150 (was VALinux FullOn 2x2 with FreeBSD) In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:24:46 +0200." <14592.47374.389569.324252@sequoia.mondomaineamoi.megalo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:19:50 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Which geometry mode is it > > in? > > Frankly, i can't remember and i can't be in front of the server until > next week so i can't even take a look. I just can say that the number > of blocks viewed by the FreeBSD installation program seemed correct > with the disks sizes. Ok. That doesn't help though if you've set the geometry oddly. I typically use the 2GB mode, so I may have missed an issue here. > Four slices on the first logical disk (one for /, one for swap, one > for /usr and one for /var). Obviously, no slices and no partitions on > the second logical disk of ~ 20 Gb. Ah. I think that explains why there are four entries in the boot selector - you do realise that you only need to create _one_ slice, and then divvy it up using partitions later? > > > We finally received these servers and tried to install a 4.0-release > > > (CD-Rom version) on one. The installation was really flawless but > > > FreeBSD can't boot. The boot stops at the boot manager prompt with > > > something like this : > > > > > > F1 FreeBSD > > > F2 FreeBSD > > > F3 FreeBSD > > > F4 FreeBSD > > > F5 other disk > > > > > > None function key works, there is only a "beep" and that's all. I also > > > tried to boot on cd and load the kernel on the disk with a command > > > like "boot mlxd(0,a)kernel" with no success. Ok. The 'beep' is almost certainly indicative of a geometry mixup between the disk layout and the BIOS. Try the other BIOS translation mode - just flip the option and reboot. If things come up OK, tell me which mode it was in when you installed (ie. before you change it) and I'll go see if I've stuffed something up. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message