Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:16:23 -0500 From: Gunter Wambaugh <unixgeek@six-two.net> To: freebsd <freebsd@weruhl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loader Message-ID: <56E7FDD0-CD74-4772-88AE-4899860FC0AC@six-two.net> In-Reply-To: <42D95369.1020205@weruhl.com> References: <200507160653.j6G6r5D0086280@weruhl.com> <B809DAB7-160F-423D-9A57-82C478E75A20@six-two.net> <42D95369.1020205@weruhl.com>
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On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:35 PM, freebsd wrote: > Gunter Wambaugh wrote: > >> On Jul 16, 2005, at 1:53 AM, e-mail for freebsd wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have installed FreeBSD 5.4 (from CD) onto a ThinkPad A21. I >>> also have >>> Win2Kpro on this laptop. FreeBSD is installed at about the 7G >>> mark on the >>> harddrive. >>> >>> I had 4.3 installed previously, and thought I would just start >>> over. Howver, >>> when the laptop boots, I get the f1 DOS f2 Freebsd prompt, but I >>> can't boot >>> FreeBSD. Win2K boots just fine. >>> >>> I tried a number of things: >>> 1) re-installing >>> 2) fixmbf (win2K utility to restore the mbr) >>> >>> With no success. Any words of wisdom would be welcome. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Mike >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >>> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >> I had a similar problem last week. I had FreeBSD on the first >> partition and Gentoo on the second, and couldn't boot to Gentoo. >> I was able to resolve my issue by doing: >> $ boot0cfg -o packet ad4 >> Thats from memory, so viewing the boot0cfg man page would be a >> good idea. >> HTH >> > > Gunther, > > That did the trick. I can now boot sucessfully. Thanks! > > That must somehow be connected to the comment that the geom isn't > sane, using more sane numbers at install time. :) > > Do you know anyting about X? When I try to configure it, the > screen goes white (slowly), and the machine locks up. /sigh. > I have configured X many, many times. I haven't had what you describe happen to me. What are you using to configure it? And I assume you're using xorg, correct? > I have never seen X do this before. > > Thanks for your help. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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