Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 19:38:52 -0600 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "steve hoyle" <hoylesd@crosslink.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: boot error Message-ID: <004c01c05c00$a14ff0a0$0200000a@vladsempire.net> References: <000a01c05be3$8e933610$5e9ac7cf@crosslink.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "steve hoyle" <hoylesd@crosslink.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 4:10 PM Subject: boot error I'm getting an error when I try to boot into FreeBSD 4.0. I loaded the OS with no problems. I loaded the Standard bootmanager, and did an auto-config for partitioning my hard drive. After installation, the computer restarted and went into bsd with no problems. The next time I restarted, and now every time I try to boot up, here's what happens: (goes through initial boot process fine, memory test, device listing....) Updating DMI Pool Data ..................Update Success Not ufs Not ufs No /boot/loader >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: Not ufs No /kernel >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: And the curser flashes there. Help!! I can't get it to boot! I've tried reinstalling it totally, and it does the same thing. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks! -Steve How big of a hard drive do you have? Some PCs cannot boot if the root partition extends beyond cylinder 1024 of the hard drive. If your hard drive is larger than 2gigs (I think that's it) then you could be running into this problem....the terminology gets a little tricky here, but what I like to do is make two partitions on the disk.....make the first one about 100 megs and then use the rest of the disk for the second one. When you install, put the root filesystem on the first partition, and pot /usr and swap on the second one. You can also put /var and /home and whatever else on the second partition, I prefer to symlink them from /usr, but that's just me. Doing this will ensure that your root partition with all the boot loaders and so forth is inside the 1024 cylinder boundry. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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