Date: Mon, 12 Jun 95 15:53:24 -0400 From: Yves Lepage <yves@CC.McGill.CA> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Manager problem Message-ID: <199506121953.PAA20224@maelstrom.cc.mcgill.ca> References: <199506082132.OAA09073@ref.tfs.com>
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Hello all, I am a sun-managers subscribers, someone tell me if summarizing is not required/unwlecomed here. Here is how I solved my problem: I booted DOS, did an "fdisk/mbr" to remove the boot code that was on the disk. Booted OS/2, deleted my FreeBSD slice (it was taking up the whole disk), installed the OS/2 boot manager. Booted the FreeBSD install disk, re-created my FreeBSD slice (original size - 2MB that the boot manager stole) up to the point where I have to reboot to continue the installation. Re-Booted OS/2, added the FreeBSD partition to the OS/2 boot manager. Rebooted the machine and t works fine since then. No more fuss about BIOS and controller matching etc... Now the next issue to resolve is to find out if using the OS/2 boot manager requires me to buy an OS/2 license. I would like to thank Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> for all the good will, tricks and tips he's provided me with. My original question was: > Hello, > > I am a new freebsd user and I have encountered a real weird problem. > > I created a bootable floppy (boot_144.flp), booted it and used sysinstall > to create proper slices, partitions, etc.... wrote MBR and boot code and label. > > At this point I was asked to remove the floppy and boot from the HD (IDE > 1.25GB on a P75 Packard Bell system, PCI bus.) Boot manager would not > boot my newly installed kernel from the HD. > > I was able to fool it: I booted the floppy again and I told the FreeBSD > boot monitor to go and boot hd(0,a)/kernel. It worked fine and I was able > to continue the installation. > > Now, since this will be a production machine, I need to be able to have > an automated boot sequence. My prefered choice would be to get rid of the > broken boot manager ( I run the same version at home on a 486dx2/50, 1GB > IDE disk, ISA bus, ATI ultra pro, and the boot manager works fine). > > I did notice a certain difference between what the BIOS thinks my HD is > (geometry) and what FreeBSD thinks it is. For my BIOS, the HD is 2477 cyl, > 16 heads and 63 secs for a total of 1278MB. For FreeBSD it is the same thing > except that it thinks it is 1219MB. (the right number is 1278=16*63*2477*512) > > I wonder if that's what is breaking the boot manager..... > > So my questions are: >1- is there a way to fix it? >2- if not, if there a way to directly enter FreeBSD's boot monitor without > going through the boot manager? (if yes, how?) Yves Lepage yves@cc.mcgill.ca
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