Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:17:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Nathan Vidican" <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server will not recognize boot record for some reason Message-ID: <200101041817.NAA23804@mail2.wmptl.com>
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> I can add another data point for this. We are using FreeBSD 4.0 (I'll be > upgrading them one of these days) and had this exact same problem. My > solution was to make a floppy disk and stuff it in the drive. It did the 3 > phase boot loader and in the loader.rc I added set currdev=disk1s1a which > did the trick. I'm really interested in getting this working as these are > our mailservers that I'd rather not trust to having to boot from floppy > disks. > > -gordon > > On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Nathan Vidican wrote: > > > Subject: FreeBSD + Mylex DAC960 (RAID 1) + DEC Prioris HX 6000 Server > > will not recognize boot record for some reason > > > > Having problems booting; the system installs to the mylex system drive > > fine, but when I reboot, I get the FreeBSD boot MGR, and it only beeps > > when I press F1 for FreeBSD. If I install using a normal boot record, > > the system reports 'No operating system found'. I'm thinking it may be > > an issue with the Mylex card, but I don't know for sure if the system's > > bios could cause this either. I cannot attempt to install the mylex card > > in another machine; as the drives attached to it are in a hot-swap > > carriage which is part of the system's chassis. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > I solved the problem just by adding a 4.5G SCSIUW disk to my first SCSI controller, (Adaptec ON-Board dual channel controller). I installed the system onto the 4.5G SCSI, and mounted the RAID array to a directory which will store alll of our information; next step is just to backup the root partition, and keep a good current backup of it. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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