Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:21:38 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot boot from SCSI disk Message-ID: <20030213152138.GC4472@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20030213142858.GL81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <20030212145249.A429@nomad.lets.net> <20030213142858.GL81356@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 03:28:58PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # steve@nomad.lets.net / 2003-02-12 14:52:49 -0500: > > Howdy! > > > > Some hardware will not boot FreeBSD from SCSI disks unless > > the disk is formated and labled in "dedicated mode". > > interesting. all I see is backpedalling from dangerously dedicated > disks in /stand/sysinstall and elsewhere, and the article you linked > below says > > "Remember, dedicated mode disks sometimes cannot be booted by the PC > architecture." > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formating-media/x65.html > > > > In general SCSI disk that only contain FreeBSD should be > > formated/labled in "dedicated mode" IMHO. > > what source do you have this information from? > I was wondering that myself, since I have 4.7 all on it's own on a SCSI disk and it certainly is not dangerously dedicated - something which I thought had gone into retirement anyway in these modern times. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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