Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:20:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Jaap Boender <jaapb@kerguelen.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange bootloader problem Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507271115400.23850@societe.kerguelen.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507271057480.6204@societe.kerguelen.org> References: <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507261749380.8928@societe.kerguelen.org> <ndwtndzbqc.tnd@mail.opusnet.com> <Pine.NEB.4.62.0507271057480.6204@societe.kerguelen.org>
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[Sorry about the previous message, I hit the wrong key. X and C are very close together...] >> Since you changed your BIOS, I'm suspecting something fishy with the >> BIOS settings for disk geometry, like not LBA or something, but you've >> probably already checked the BIOS setup... I hadn't thought about the disk geometry, but I have looked at the BIOS, yes. Unfortunately, it being a DELL BIOS, there weren't many useful settings I could change (and 'disk geometry' wasn't even mentioned...) >> Read the boot(8) manpage paragraph starting with "However," which >> says how to by-pass "/boot/loader" and maybe try that. >> >> Also, loader(8) manpage has a boot_verbose variable that might help. I've just tried them both, but Grub launches the loader immediately, without any possibility for bypassing. The FreeBSD boot manager just beeps when I try to boot FreeBSD (presumably due to the same problem). I've also tried loading the kernel directly from Grub, but the first time this resulted in a lock-up just after recognizing the ad0 device - and the second and later times I didn't get even that far. Nonetheless, the disk geometry avenue looks promising. I'll see if I can get anywhere using that. Resetting to defaults apparently isn't enough... Thanks, Jaap Boender -- "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." -- Ambrose Bierce
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