Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 22:55:37 +0000 From: ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> To: Jev <jev@ecad.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fresh install of 5.2-r doesn't book on 80gig disk Message-ID: <200402052255.37539.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <40223AA9.90906@ecad.org> References: <40223AA9.90906@ecad.org>
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On Thursday 05 February 2004 12:44 pm, Jev wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm trying to install 5.2-R on a Western Digitial WD800 hard disk. By > using all the "default" settings used by the freebsd installer, when I > attempt to boot the machine I get: > > Invalid Partition > Invalid Partition > No /boot/loader > > FreeBSD/i386 boot > Default: 1:ad(1,a)/kernel > boot: > Invalid partition > No /kernel > > FreeBSD/i386 boot > Default: 1:ad(1,a)/kernel > boot: > > As suggested in the warning message before I get to set up my slices, I > attempted to manually set the disks geometry to what my bios reports it as. > > This is what shows in dmesg: > ad0: 76319MB <WDC WD800BB-32FRAO> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 > My bios reports the [cylinder/head/sector] value as: > [38309/16/255] > > Specifying either of those values causes the install program to inform > me that they are incorrect and setting the geom back to [9729/255/63]. I > don't know if the failure to boot is caused by the geometry. > > In addition, I tried to split up the disk into smaller slices, without > success. [Not]Using the freebsd bootmgr makes no diff either. I also > tried this with a 5.0-R cd, and had the exact same result. > > Also, the above mentioned warning message tells me to "please consult > the Hardware Guide in the Documentation submenu" but I couldn't find any > relevant information there :/ > > Help is greatly appreciated..... > > -Jev Might not work for 5.x but try BIOS mode=lba rather than auto. -- ian j hart http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20031016
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