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Date:      Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:18:53 -0500
From:      Michael Vang <kb1ahc@earthlink.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Boot sequence errors...
Message-ID:  <3A3803DD.241A7B3D@earthlink.net>

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I haven't been able to determine what the following error messages mean,
or how to fix them... I've searched all of the list archives and Deja...

bios32: Bad BIOS32 Service Directory

I have no idea what this one means... My understanding was that the BIOS
wasn't needed this late in the boot process...

ad0: 4112MB <SAMSUNG SV0432D> [8912/15/63] at ata0-master WDMA2
(null): MODE_SENSE_BIG - UNIT ATTENTION asc=29 ascq=00 error=04

ad0 doesn't really run at WDMA2... I had to bump it down to PIO
(hopefully 4?) using sysctl because I have a flaky controller
(ViperM)... I also had to make a small / partition to get loader to
work... Without the small / partition the system would boot, but top
would not work and there was a loader error message during (I think)
stage 1 of the boot process... I'm guessing the 1024 cylinder limit was
at play there...

The system runs fine even with these 2 errors... Uptime is limited only
by my local power company's ability to keep juice flowing...

If anyone has a clue where I should look for answers I would appreciate
a reply...

Thanks!

-Mike


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