Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:25:46 -0600 (CST) From: mark tinguely <tinguely@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu> To: doug.poland@omniresources.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.2R Installation problem -- Read Error Message-ID: <200101052125.f05LPk248676@web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu> In-Reply-To: <DF5018B3C986D11196FF0060089A903C32CCAE@gbdev.omniresource.com>
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> After the bios and vga boot info appears, I get a screen refresh > and > > Read error > > as the only message. Sounds like a MBR problem? Anyone have a > solution other than re-install? that could be a MBR problem. Boot from the kernel diskette, when the wheel starts spinning, start typing the command: boot> ad(0,a)/kernel -s if it is a boot block problem on the hard disk, it should now be booting (into single user mode via the -s flag, drop that flag if you want to go multiuser. Below assumes single user mode. if this work, then I would check the filessytem: # fsck -p mount the root partition # mount -u /dev/ad0s1a / # or whatever is your partition reload the boot blocks: # disklabel -B ad0 --------------- I have also seen the "ata" driver mess up with some older, lower quality motherboard IDE controlers and had to make a kernel using the old "wd" drivers. --mark tinguely. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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