From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 9 02:32:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA28040 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 02:32:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.cityip.co.za (ns.cityip.co.za [196.25.223.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA27828 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 02:31:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjv@cityip.co.za) Received: from wjv by ns.cityip.co.za with local (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zRYt1-00001x-00; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:30:59 +0200 Message-ID: <19981009113059.C29959@cityip.co.za> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:30:59 +0200 From: Johann Visagie To: Greg Skouby , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Verifying DMI Pool Data Mail-Followup-To: Greg Skouby , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Greg Skouby on Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 06:08:39PM +0000 X-PGP: ftp://ftp.cityip.co.za/users/wjv/pubkey.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 at 18:08 SAT, Greg Skouby wrote: > > When I attempt to boot the machine I get the Verifying DMI Pool Data > mesage and it just sits there, it doesn't go any farther. However, I can > stick a boot floppy in and it works just fine, I am able to boot off the > hard drive. I posted to the list a couple of months ago but nobody > answered my question. Does anybody know what I can do to fix this problem? > Thank you very much for your time. Not an operating-system related problem, I think. Make sure that your BIOS knows the correct geometry for your hard drive(s). Ensure that the drives are physically working (power, etc.) What is not clear from your mail is whether you can access those hard drive(s) when you boot from the floppy...? -- V Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message