Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:58:06 -0500 (EST) From: Marwan Fayed <s0121430@cs.laurentian.ca> To: Boris Karnaukh <bk532@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disappearing mount points after install Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001221551500.11371-100000@altair.cs.laurentian.ca> In-Reply-To: <3889F2E1.9B8838DD@iname.com>
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FreeBSD loader does not start up, nor does the kernel (obviously). The error message I get back is literally translated as "No O.S." As for a disk parameter translation I cannot say for sure because IBM (as wretched as they can be) does not allow users into the BIOS... at least not on this model. What I can tell you is that while installing (before the main menu) when my system is being scanned for devices, my hard drive geomtry shows up as follows: C/H/S: 1578/16/63 However, the slice and label editors, linux (when i succeeded in installing it), and all tests i perform in DOS all report the following: C/H/S: 789/32/63 I have tried both and neither work. Further, I just tried writing label info from sysinstall running of the fixit disk (as recommended), and that doesn't work either. I think I'll have to offer to buy dinner for whoever is able to solve this one! :-) Marwan On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Boris Karnaukh wrote: > Marwan Fayed wrote: > > > > My problem is this. I am trying to install 3.3-R on an IBM Thinkpad 365XD > > (although I have received mail from a man in France who is having the same > > problem on a desktop). The installation runs completely smoothly but when > > I finish and reboot the machine reports no resident O.S. > > Did FreeBSD loader and/or kernel start up? > > Have you tested your computer for some kind of disk parameters > translation in BIOS setup? > > I have had similar experience with Toshiba Satellite 2500CDS. > > > > After trying many different things (including messing with the MBR, double > > and triple checking disk geometry, and using a Fixit disk to try to > > diagnose the problem), I booted from the install floppy to the main > > install menu. Rather than re-install all over again for the nth time I > > just entered the label editor. The partitions were still there but the > > mount points were lost. What appeared was > > this: > > > > <none> 40M // supposed to be root > > swap 84M // swap is obviously OK > > <none> 651M // supposed to be /usr > > > > This is clearly not what I designated so I tried relabelling the mount > > points, writing the information using 'w' and exiting install only to have > > the BIOS report no O.S. yet again! > > > > According to my experience, you should run /stand/sysinstall again after > chosing "Fixit" option to make "w" option immediately work. > > You'll possibly have to create additional devices /dev/wd0? using > MAKEDEV script from "Fixit" disk. > > -- > <Signed> > Boris Karnaukh (mailto:bk532@iname.com) > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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