From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 28 18:34:06 2003 Return-Path: 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 951F016A4D0 for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:34:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail023.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail023.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC71543D4C for ; Sun, 28 Dec 2003 18:33:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anubis357@optusnet.com.au) Received: from 10.0.0.101 (rdlax10-a071.dialup.optusnet.com.au [198.142.5.71]) hBT2XZV03329; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:33:36 +1100 From: anubis To: danl@solvnet.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:40:06 +1000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <3FEC133C.11489.27764D@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3FEC133C.11489.27764D@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312291240.06676.anubis357@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: 4.9, 5.1 boot failure after install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:34:06 -0000 On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 02:53 am, danl@solvnet.net wrote: > Hello, > > I had 4.9 release working and did a clean install of 5.1 release over > the 4.9 and ended up with boot failure after install. Using allBSD > partition and standard MBR I get a missing operating system error. If I > use the FreeBSD boot I just get "default F1" and a beep. Now trying to > install the 4.9 gives the same results. > > I'm using a Mylex DAC960ptl (accelraid 250) with the primary disk > setup as JBOD. I set the bootable disk as active but everytime I go > back to config fdisk the flag is not set. > > I then upgraded and flashed the RAID card, reformatted the disks and > tried a 4.9 install, again with the same results. > > Is there an issue with the DAC card geometry or BIOS? Or a subtle > quirk that isn't documented yet? > > thanks, > Dan > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I have had a similar problem. I also couldnt get it to make the system bootable using the install cd. I got around it by using the live filesystem cd. I dont know how that they are different but it seemed to write out the changes when I asked not like as in the install disk.