Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:26:00 -0600 From: "TAZ Gravel, Emmanuel" <EGravel@taz.telusa.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Booting new install Message-ID: <6BFFC6F3FB6AD211A9D800A0C99B3E6F01158093@TEAPHX0031>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF3D03.764F80C2 Content-Type: text/plain I recently installed 3.3 on a machine that had 2.2.7 at some time. At that time it booted FreeBSD from secondary master. I now have two HD's in the system, a 2GB and a 1.2 GB, both on the primary, and a CD on secondary master. BIOS is set to boot first from CD, then the primary master. Installed from bootable CD. For some reason, I get these messages from the boot loader: Invalid partition Invalid partition No /boot/loader >>FreeBSD... Default: 1:wd(1,a)/kernel Of course, it works when I chose 0:wd(0,a)/kernel which is also what I have in the /boot.config file which seems to be disregarded entirely (since it doesn't seem to be looking for the right partition anyway). My first guess would be it has something to do with my still having the CD as being the "primary" boot drive on the system. I tried everything else I could think of including doing an fdisk /mbr and making the drive bootable again. Haven't found anything about this in the questions or docs (my search criteria might not have been precise enough though) but what I searched for either gave results which didn't correspond, or gave no results at all. Thanks, Emmanuel ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF3D03.764F80C2 Content-Type: text/html <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>Booting new install</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I recently installed 3.3 on a machine that had 2.2.7 at some time.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">At that time it booted FreeBSD from secondary master. I now</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">have two HD's in the system, a 2GB and a 1.2 GB, both on the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">primary, and a CD on secondary master. BIOS is set to boot first</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">from CD, then the primary master. Installed from bootable CD.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">For some reason, I get these messages from the boot loader:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Invalid partition</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Invalid partition</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">No /boot/loader</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">>>FreeBSD...</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Default: 1:wd(1,a)/kernel</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Of course, it works when I chose 0:wd(0,a)/kernel which is also</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">what I have in the /boot.config file which seems to be disregarded</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">entirely (since it doesn't seem to be looking for the right partition</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">anyway). My first guess would be it has something to do with</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">my still having the CD as being the "primary" boot drive on the</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">system. I tried everything else I could think of including doing</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">an fdisk /mbr and making the drive bootable again. Haven't found</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">anything about this in the questions or docs (my search criteria</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">might not have been precise enough though) but what I searched</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for either gave results which didn't correspond, or gave no results</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">at all.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks,</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Emmanuel</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF3D03.764F80C2-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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