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Date:      Fri, 19 May 2000 10:16:20 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Brad Waite <brad@ssbaptist.net>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Boot Problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10005191014010.4839-100000@hobbes>
In-Reply-To: <20000519230505.GGNG22611.mail.rdc1.va.home.com@john.baldwin.cx>

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On Fri, 19 May 2000, John Baldwin wrote:

> 
> On 19-May-00 Brad Waite wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Finally got 4.0 installed on my 40G (apparently was a cable problem).  Now it
> > doesn't want to boot.  I used fdisk to set slice a bootable, but it can't seem
> > to find what it needs:
> 
> Hmm, it looks like your / file system may not be below the 1024 cylinder
> limit, which is about equal to 8.4 gig with LBA enabled.

/ is on ad0s1a which is defined 3652M, well below the 1024 boundary.  I'm at a
loss.  When I use DOS's 'fdisk /mbr', I can't even get the FBSD boot prompt.
I'm now trying to reinstall on a different drive, but I'm now having problems
extracting stuff from the CD.
 
> > No /boot/loader
> > 
> >>> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
> > Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel
> > boot:
> > No /kernel
> > 
> > Where's my problem?  Could it be a problem with my ad0s1a being 3652M?
> > 
> > I've installed dozens of FBSD's before, but I feel pretty sheepish on this one.  
> > 
> > -Brad
> 
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> 
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