Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 19:37:54 +0100 From: Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Problems getting 3.3-Release onto a HP Netserver LC 3 Message-ID: <3804D182.9B789566@csl.com>
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I have the Netserver with 1 ATAPI CDROM 3 x 9GB disks in the hot-swap tray - one of these to be the system disk. Adaptec 7880 w' SCSI BIOS 1.34S1 Suspecting nothing, I initially booted from the CD-ROM and did an install. On coming back up for the first time I got the dreaded "Read error", telling me there was a problem reading the boot sector. I've been to http://www.uk.freebsd.org/search/search.html and searched the FAQ and handbook for HP AND Netserver which turned up http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/troubleshoot.html http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html reading these, I ended up at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#DEDICATE But I thought I hit pay dirt when I came across http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1642806+1645868+/usr/local/www/db/text/1999/freebsd-questions/19990321.freebsd-questions According to this I install the HP utility partition, then install BSD without changing the boot sector. I did these steps, taking care that my old / was fsck'd. That is, I chose the "leave MBR untouched" option while doing the disk laying out. This time, on reboot I got: UP12: missing partition boot sector. At which point I decided to mail the list 8). Has anyone any idea what is (not) going on here? Many thanks, Adam. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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