Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:37:54 +0100 (CET) From: Paul Dekkers <psd@cgu.nl> To: FreeBSD Mailinglist <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Missing operating system with 40MB disk... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990311113727.5222A-100000@chippie.cgu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990310221643.3089A-100000@chippie.cgu>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi I solved this problem. I reset my BIOS settings, and changed the disk geometry in the disklabel editor. Strange it wasn't right in the first place... Paul On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Paul Dekkers wrote: | Hi | | I have an 40MB harddisk (Seagate ST157A) as primary IDE master for my | root. I have exactly the problem as in the FAQ, but I can't say the disk | I'm using is a large disk. | | When booting the system it complains "Missing operatingsystem" when using | a standard MBR, and when using "BootEasy" I get the "F?" prompt after "F1 | FreeBSD" (which I can't use...) | | When using an bootdisk I can simply use wd(0,a)kernel on the boot: prompt | to boot the system - it then works normally. | | What disk geometry concerned everything seems normal: when using | ide_conf.exe it repotrs the same geometry for all modes (bios, controller, | ocontroller after reset). Geometry is CHS=560/6/26, set up with the BIOS | IDE auto-detection and USER-option. | | What can be wrong? I tried almost everything (also different | boot-managers) - I think it can't be hardware, and everything should | work... (I remember I once ran Linux on that disk, and LILO booted without | any problem...) | | I hope there is a solution for the problem... I'd really like to have this | disk the boot-disk... | | Thank you in advance, | Paul | | -- | Paul Dekkers | E-Mail: <P.Dekkers@cgu.nl> | To err is human, to moo bovine | | | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message | Paul -- Paul Dekkers E-Mail: <P.Dekkers@cgu.nl> To err is human, to moo bovine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.990311113727.5222A-100000>