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Date:      Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:45:54 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        webmaster@mail.caninet.com (Caninet Web Master)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adaptec AHA-1535A SCSI ISA
Message-ID:  <199910130145.VAA35728@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991012143757.00b1d3b0@mail.caninet.com> from Caninet Web Master at "Oct 12, 1999 02:39:01 pm"

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Caninet Web Master wrote,
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD on computer with AHA-1535A SCSI controller.
> During installation (Using Internet) it does find it, installation process
> does find all attached drives, I do normal installation using first drive
> for all four partitions - like /, /var, swap and /usr
> 
> Installation does work until after finishing and going back to the Exit
> Installation and rebooting the computer.
> 
> Once I reboot - comp is giving me message "Disk boot failure, Insert
> system disk and press enter"
> 
> What am I missing, or doing wrong?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

The computer is not finding the boot blocks. That is a message from
your BIOS. Did you install BootEasy on the disk? Is this a
"dangerously dedicated" disk or does it have an MS-DOS slice table?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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