Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:48:41 -0600 From: GB/DEV - Doug Poland <doug.poland@omniresources.com> To: 'mark tinguely' <tinguely@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 4.2R Installation problem -- Read Error Message-ID: <DF5018B3C986D11196FF0060089A903C32CCAF@gbdev.omniresource.com>
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Mark said... > > > After the bios and vga boot info appears, I get a screen refresh > > and > > > > Read error > > > > as the only message. Sounds like a MBR problem? Anyone have a > > solution other than re-install? > > that could be a MBR problem. Boot from the kernel diskette, when the > wheel starts spinning, start typing the command: > > boot> ad(0,a)/kernel -s > > if it is a boot block problem on the hard disk, it should now > be booting (into single user mode via the -s flag, drop that > flag if you want to go multiuser. > > Below assumes single user mode. > > if this work, then I would check the filessytem: > > # fsck -p > > mount the root partition > > # mount -u /dev/ad0s1a / # or whatever is your partition > > reload the boot blocks: > > # disklabel -B ad0 > > --------------- > I have also seen the "ata" driver mess up with some older, > lower quality motherboard IDE controlers and had to make a > kernel using the old "wd" drivers. > > --mark tinguely. > Mark, I followed your instructions, and then rebooted, but it still won't boot off the hard drive. I was able to mount all the partitions and boot into multi-user mode and get the OS running. Is there anything else I can do to fix this? -- Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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