Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 17:36:23 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Shawn Barnhart" <swb@grasslake.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP Kayak XA series vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <200010020036.e920aNJ00778@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Oct 2000 19:34:24 CDT." <001f01c02c08$83e5f460$0102a8c0@k6>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
You have a geometry mismatch. If these are SCSI disks, try dinking with
BIOS options in the SCSI controller BIOS (eg. the "1GB translation"
option in the Adaptec BIOS setup). If they're IDE disks, try working
your way through the BIOS geometry options there...
> I've been migrating an existing FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE system to an HP Kayak
> XA system -- basically moving the hard disks and NICs from one box to
> another and I'm now having a devil of a time booting.
>
> When I get the initial boot menu I have a choice of F1 for DOS, F2 for
> FreeBSD and F5 for Disk 2. I cannot choose F2 -- all I get is a beep,
> it will not timeout to that choice either. F1 works, F5 brings me to
> the second disk which has a non-booting FreeBSD filesystem on it. I can
> only boot the system by choosing the non-booting filesystem on disk2,
> getting an error, and entering:
>
> 0:ad(0,a)/kernel at the boot: prompt. The system will boot normally at
> that point.
>
> I've moved these same disks between hardware platforms without a problem
> more than once. If I move the disks back to the original box they boot
> just fine. What am I missing and can anything be done to fix it?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
>
--
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200010020036.e920aNJ00778>