From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 1 14:10:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46F2416A420 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:10:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kashif@ebs.net.pk) Received: from wbm3.pair.net (wbm3.pair.net [209.68.3.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E30D443D5A for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 14:09:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kashif@ebs.net.pk) Received: (qmail 99536 invoked by uid 65534); 1 Oct 2005 14:09:06 -0000 Received: from 202.142.188.22 ([202.142.188.22]) (SquirrelMail authenticated user kashif@ebs.net.pk) by webmail3.pair.com with HTTP; Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:09:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <56342.202.142.188.22.1128175746.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 10:09:06 -0400 (EDT) From: kashif@ebs.net.pk To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: NO dump device defined X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 14:10:20 -0000 Dear sir, I've had this problem for some time, and ,when i install freebsd 5.4 on mercury Booard then following error message occur. > > panic: no init > > Uptime: 2s > > Cannot dump. No dump device defined. > > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > - --> Press a key on the console to reboot, > > - --> or switch off the system now. > A one drives of 80GB, all exactly the same drives. The BIOS gives me this geometry: Cylinders: 38309 Head: 16 Sectors: 255 FreeBSD says, during bootup (dmesg): Cylinders: 9729 Head: 255 Sectors: 63 Now, when i go to /stand/sysinstall, choose Index, Choose Partitioning and choose a drive, for example ad1, i get this message: WARNING: A geometry of 9729/16/63 for ad1 is incorrect. Using a more likely geometry. If this geometry is incorrect or you are unsure as to whether or not it's correct, please consult the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu or use the (G)eometry command to change it now. Remember: you need to enter whatever your BIOS thinks the geometry is! For IDE, it's what you were told in the BIOS setup. For SCSI, it's the translation mode your controller is using. Do NOT use a ``physical geometry''. I did read lots on this, it seems sysinstall uses a limit of 63 sectors and xxxxx cylinders, thus not accepting both the FreeBSD dmesg geometry and the BIOS geometry. It then changes the geometry to: Cylinders: 14946 Head: 255 Sectors: 63 Totalling 117239MB per drive This seems wrong to me, as the other two calculations produce 117246MB of space. My question: how can I force the use of either the BIOS geometry or the geometry given by dmesg? Though i need to add that i've had this problem before, with a totally different system with other chipset, other drive (WDM400 80GB) and with FreeBSD 5.4. Anyone can help? Thanks!! :) Best Regard, Muhammad kashif