Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:08:46 -0400 From: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <optix@nyc.rr.com> To: "David Campbell" <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals to reboot Message-ID: <00c101c0c43c$6859a080$01000001@darkstar> References: <3AD72C86.C73F47F5@mail.utexas.edu> <00ac01c0c43a$581851f0$01000001@darkstar> <3AD72F6D.7371EBC9@mail.utexas.edu>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00BE_01C0C41A.DFD7A7A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I know this might a little rash, but it might work. Try doing, from the Win98 CD, fdisk /mbr, to remove the bootmanager and then reboot. After that, reload the Windows CD in the drive and then remove all the drives via fdisk and then redo the FreeBSD install. I have found that FreeBSD acts a little wierd when it doesn't have clean drives to work with. However, i'm not guaranteeing that this will fix the problem, this is just what i've learned over the few years that i've been running FreeBSD as a server operating system.=20 - -- Jonathan M. Slivko ~~~~ Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com> Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network Pager: (917) 388-5304 Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/ (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc) ~~~~ - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Campbell=20 To: Jonathan M. Slivko=20 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:55 PM Subject: Re: Bizarre rituals to reboot My first install, using the installer, I deleted the existing partitions, and created a single partition, that I divided into 3 slices (/, swap, /usr). I selected the boot manager.=20 The hard drive is a 4GB SCSI-2.=20 Dave=20 "Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote:=20 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----=20 Hash: SHA1=20 David,=20 When you first installed FreeBSD, did you fdisk the drive? Did you=20 install a boot manager? What kind of a hard drive is this machine=20 running?=20 - - -- Jonathan M. Slivko=20 ~~~~=20 Jonathan M. Slivko <optix@nyc.rr.com>=20 Systems Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services=20 IRC Operator, AsylumNet IRC Network=20 Pager: (917) 388-5304=20 Website: http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/=20 (PGP Key @ http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc)=20 ~~~~=20 - - ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "David Campbell" <dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu>=20 To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>=20 Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:42 PM=20 Subject: Bizarre rituals to reboot=20 > I am a newbie. After playing with an initial install of FreeBSD 4.2 > for a little over a week, changing and modifying files to my=20 > heart's=20 > content, I did a clean re-install to start from a known point, at a > different security level than I had originally installed with. The > install, on a Compaq Workstation AP400 with 256MB RAM, 4GB hard=20 > drive, appears to go flawlessly, regardless of how many partitions=20 > or slices I create, or boot manager I use (if any). On reboot, I=20 > get "Non-System disk or disk error."=20 >=20 > After a couple of days wrestling with this, I have discovered that=20 > if after the install, I put in a Win98 boot disk, look at the drive > with FDISK (making no changes, just looking at partitions), take=20 > out the Win98 disk, the machine boots to FreeBSD just fine. If I=20 > then reboot, I get the error. I continue to get the error on=20 > reboots until I look at the drive with FDISK. At that point, the=20 > boot-God is appeased, and it works fine.=20 >=20 > Does anyone have any insight into what is going on with this?=20 >=20 > Dave=20 >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org=20 with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message=20 - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----=20 Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>=20 iQA/AwUBOtcvKD4aolq8K4tFEQLb0QCgxoqClbbR4odm3YeWK/qsfSjSvtsAnjgb=20 coefS9Cryu5qAitG8bQrqSSg=20 =3D8/Ls=20 - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --=20 David Campbell Sr Systems Analyst 512 475 9398=20 Center For Instructional Technologies The University of Texas at Austin =20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBOtcymz4aolq8K4tFEQJxZQCg/XMg5YnqQxkeDeFrhtoUSG7pKf8AoIFB Z98Mkkv0wK4xCbbuFpNUXoIj =3DKQvD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------=_NextPart_000_00BE_01C0C41A.DFD7A7A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED = MESSAGE-----<BR>Hash:=20 SHA1</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I know this might a little rash, but it = might work.=20 Try doing, from<BR>the Win98 CD, fdisk /mbr, to remove the bootmanager = and then=20 reboot.<BR>After that, reload the Windows CD in the drive and then = remove=20 all<BR>the drives via fdisk and then redo the FreeBSD install. I have=20 found<BR>that FreeBSD acts a little wierd when it doesn't have clean = drives=20 to<BR>work with. However, i'm not guaranteeing that this will fix=20 the<BR>problem, this is just what i've learned over the few years that=20 i've<BR>been running FreeBSD as a server operating system. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- -- Jonathan M. Slivko</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>~~~~<BR>Jonathan M. Slivko <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:optix@nyc.rr.com">optix@nyc.rr.com</A>><BR>Systems=20 Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services<BR>IRC Operator, AsylumNet = IRC=20 Network<BR>Pager: (917) 388-5304<BR>Website: <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/</A><= BR>(PGP=20 Key @ <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc">http://home.nyc.rr.com/= optix/jslivko.asc</A>)<BR>~~~~<BR>-=20 ----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: David Campbell <BR>To: Jonathan = M. Slivko=20 <BR>Cc: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>=20 <BR>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:55 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Bizarre = rituals to=20 reboot</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><BR>My first install, using the installer, I deleted the=20 existing<BR>partitions, and created a single partition, that I divided = into=20 3<BR>slices (/, swap, /usr). I selected the boot manager. <BR>The hard = drive is=20 a 4GB SCSI-2. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"Jonathan M. Slivko" wrote: </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- <BR>Hash: SHA1 <BR>David, = </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When you first installed FreeBSD, did you fdisk the drive? Did you=20 <BR>install a boot manager? What kind of a hard drive is this machine=20 <BR>running? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- - -- Jonathan M. Slivko </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>~~~~ <BR>Jonathan M. Slivko <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:optix@nyc.rr.com">optix@nyc.rr.com</A>> <BR>Systems=20 Administrator, DataSyrge Internet Services <BR>IRC Operator, AsylumNet = IRC=20 Network <BR>Pager: (917) 388-5304 <BR>Website: <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/">http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/</A>; = <BR>(PGP=20 Key @ <A=20 href=3D"http://home.nyc.rr.com/optix/jslivko.asc">http://home.nyc.rr.com/= optix/jslivko.asc</A>)=20 <BR>~~~~ <BR>- - ----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "David Campbell" = <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu">dcampbell@mail.utexas.edu</A>&g= t;=20 <BR>To: <<A=20 href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG</A>>=20 <BR>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:42 PM <BR>Subject: Bizarre rituals = to reboot=20 </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>> I am a newbie. After playing with an initial install of = FreeBSD=20 4.2<BR>> for a little over a week, changing and modifying files = to my=20 <BR>> heart's <BR>> content, I did a clean re-install to start = from a=20 known point, at a<BR>> different security level than I had = originally=20 installed with. The<BR>> install, on a Compaq Workstation = AP400=20 with 256MB RAM, 4GB hard <BR>> drive, appears to go flawlessly, = regardless of=20 how many partitions <BR>> or slices I create, or boot manager I use = (if any).=20 On reboot, I <BR>> get "Non-System disk or disk error." <BR>> = <BR>>=20 After a couple of days wrestling with this, I have discovered that = <BR>> if=20 after the install, I put in a Win98 boot disk, look at the = drive<BR>> =20 with FDISK (making no changes, just looking at partitions), take = <BR>> out=20 the Win98 disk, the machine boots to FreeBSD just fine. If I <BR>> = then=20 reboot, I get the error. I continue to get the error on <BR>> reboots = until I=20 look at the drive with FDISK. At that point, the <BR>> boot-God is = appeased,=20 and it works fine. <BR>> <BR>> Does anyone have any insight into = what is=20 going on with this? <BR>> <BR>> Dave <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> To = Unsubscribe: send mail to <A=20 href=3D"mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A> <BR>with = "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- <BR>Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for=20 non-commercial use<BR><<A=20 href=3D"http://www.pgp.com">http://www.pgp.com</A>> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>iQA/AwUBOtcvKD4aolq8K4tFEQLb0QCgxoqClbbR4odm3YeWK/qsfSjSvtsAnjgb=20 <BR>coefS9Cryu5qAitG8bQrqSSg <BR>=3D8/Ls <BR>- -----END PGP = SIGNATURE-----</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>- -- <BR>David Campbell<BR>Sr Systems = Analyst 512=20 475 9398 <BR>Center For Instructional Technologies<BR>The University of = Texas at=20 Austin<BR> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR>Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for=20 non-commercial use <<A=20 href=3D"http://www.pgp.com">http://www.pgp.com</A>></DIV>; <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>iQA/AwUBOtcymz4aolq8K4tFEQJxZQCg/XMg5YnqQxkeDeFrhtoUSG7pKf8AoIFB<BR>= Z98Mkkv0wK4xCbbuFpNUXoIj<BR>=3DKQvD<BR>-----END=20 PGP SIGNATURE-----<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00BE_01C0C41A.DFD7A7A0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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