Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:30:09 +0300 From: Yousef Raffah <yraffah@savola.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't boot with a new install Message-ID: <1143531010.4924.254.camel@Tuxntosh.savola.com> In-Reply-To: <1143526635.4925.233.camel@Tuxntosh.savola.com> References: <4931244.1143477563764.JavaMail.oracle@ocs.savola.com> <84dead720603271724o1d19109chebd2d2299691d5e9@mail.gmail.com> <1143526635.4925.233.camel@Tuxntosh.savola.com>
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--=-x4w3mpjrtcmvNAgS2wwL Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 09:17 +0300, Yousef Raffah wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 06:54 +0530, Joseph Koshy wrote: > > yr> I see no reason why it can't boot of my drive after > > yr> installing FreeBSD, although this is not my first BSD > >=20 > > Check if there is a disk geometry mismatch. Can you boot > > from a CD and access the hard-disk in 'fixit' mode? > >=20 > Thank you Joseph for the reply and I would like to assure you that Yes, > I am able to boot from a CD and access the hard-disk in fixit mode by > mounting it under /mnt like this: >=20 > # mount /dev/ad0s1 /mnt >=20 > I can see all the folders in there were created yesterday, which is > correct! Any other hints to look for? >=20 I just tried fdisk in the "Fixit" mode and thought you guys might know what exactly is going on. # fdisk /dev/ad0 ******* Working on device /dev/ad0 ******* parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=3D155061 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl) Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders 155061 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 63, size 156296322 (76316 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 2 is: <UNUSED> The data for partition 3 is: <UNUSED> The data for partition 4 is: <UNUSED> Sincerely, Yousef Raffah Senior Systems Administrator SSIS - The Savola Group -- Aren't you using Firefox? Get it at getfirefox.com yousef.raffah.com --=-x4w3mpjrtcmvNAgS2wwL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEKOYBH9IXMb4e6CMRAgdkAJ9rtV9C/Iccx8VjhQRH/Aq7WSCqtQCfS6Uy XlwyWGU3EyEOoYBjidcapBg= =NCyB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-x4w3mpjrtcmvNAgS2wwL--
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