Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:27:32 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Keith Kelly <c0d3h4x0r@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions ORG <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS Message-ID: <8D4517BF-4D32-11D8-95B0-003065A20588@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV42g9zflSBSn0003039c@hotmail.com> References: <200401222044.i0MKi5a27869@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <Sea1-DAV33jrntuajNS0002a5c9@hotmail.com> <2BB15265-4D2E-11D8-95B0-003065A20588@mac.com> <Sea1-DAV42g9zflSBSn0003039c@hotmail.com>
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On Jan 22, 2004, at 6:04 PM, Keith Kelly wrote: > The motherboard is not old. It is an MSI KT4 Ultra motherboard, if I > remember the model number correctly off the top of my head, for the > Athlon > XP architecture. The BIOS doesn't even explicitly list what mode > (LBA, CHS, > extended CHS) it is using to address the drive -- I just set it to > "Auto", > it detects the device name, and fills out a small listing telling me > the > C/H/S geometry it is using. The motherboard is already running the > latest > available BIOS update from MSI. OK, but if the auto mode uses the wrong C/H/S translation, this default may be the source of your problem. What happens when you switch from using "auto" to explicitly using "LBA"? [ ... ] > I definitely do not have hardware issues, because Linux, Windows XP, > Windows > 2000, BeOS, and SkyOS have all worked fine at various points, and > Windows XP > continues to work fine :-) Your error message reflects a BIOS-level failure to find a bootable partition. Do you already have a bootable partition on the system, and are trying to install FreeBSD in a second partition? If so, which partition is marked active? -- -Chuck
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