Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:39:12 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Steve Jorgensen <steve@khoral.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Multi-boot problem.. Message-ID: <XFMail.000713173912.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200007131733.LAA21357@zen.alb.khoral.com>
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On 13-Jul-00 Steve Jorgensen wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE as of July 11, on > my new Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop, and I'm having > trouble getting the multiboot menu working. I've > tried both the standard FreeBSD boot menu and > the OS-BS boot menu. OS-BS reports "missing operating > system" when I try to boot it, and the FreeBSD one just > beeps at me (no error message at all) > > My disk is sliced as follows: > > 11GB windows slice > 17GB FreeBSD slice with following partitions > - 64meg / > - 512meg swap > - 4 meg /usr > - 4 meg /data > > I am able to boot by booting from my 4.0 CD, then > switching the currdev to my harddisk before > letting it boot the kernel. However, this is > really annoying. Did I mess something up when > I installed FreeBSD? Did I miss a config line > in one of the conf files in /boot? > > Any help is appreciated. Your FreeBSD partition is beyond the 1024 cylinder, and we can't read it in the boot blocks in 4.0 due to BIOS limitations. This is fixed right now in current, and I hope to have the fix backported to 4.1, which will be released on the 25th. > Steve > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Steven Jorgensen steve@khoral.com steve@spukhaus.com > ------------------------------+---------------------------- -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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