Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 00:58:27 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: FREEBSD-HACKERS-L <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Can't boot a new 2.0.5A system Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950602005453.2385A-100000@cancer>
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I don't know how you other folks did it, but I can't boot a
freshly installed 2.0.5A disk. I go through all the steps, choosing
logical choices, but then when it goes to reboot, I get "Missing
operating system".
Disk is a Quantum Empire 1080S, using the entire disk for FreeBSD.
I tried it both with and without a boot manager. No difference. I
noticed the partition editor creates a small 22-block partition when I
say "Use entire disk". No way to delete it, so I figure that's some
sort of boot code thingy. The "Make startable" command isn't
documented anywhere, but I tried it on my FreeBSD partition. Still
won't boot. What's the secret?
I have two pages of handwritten notes on bugs/glitches/typos in
the installer alone, so don't go pressing that CD-ROM just yet. ;-)
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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