Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:37:52 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with Booting Message-ID: <E3150D9A-8114-46B9-AEC9-1CB9B3E7461E@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <201104231704.14910.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <C249647E-1186-4AC2-8028-2C09326F77F0@lafn.org> <201104231620.16475.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <F205AE44-596F-4D85-AB9F-902590465CA3@lafn.org> <201104231704.14910.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com>
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On 23 April 2011, at 03:04, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, >=20 > On Saturday 23 April 2011 16:30:39 Doug Hardie wrote: >>=20 >> On 23 April 2011, at 02:20, Erich Dollansky wrote: >>>=20 >>> I only can tell what I do when a machine does not boot from the = installation media: I plug the disk into another machine, install the = generic kernel, edit /etc and put it back. >>>=20 >>> If this does not work, it will be hard. >>=20 >> That works, but then I end up without having RAID activated. I am = trying to get the hardware RAID working. >>=20 > but your system runs then. Isn't it possible then to build a custom = kernel which supports the specific RAID hardware on this machine and = install the new kernel there. >=20 > Oh, could it be that the loader is not able to start from the RAID = hardware? Is it possible that even a custom kernel will need an extra = boot medium to start with? Thats what I was hoping to be able to do. However, I can't get it to = boot without the RAID either. I have tried numerous tests of formatting = the drives on the RAID, then moving them to another system and = installing the software. They still won't boot. The RAID appears to be = using a very unusual bootstrap. I get the message "OS not found" = continuously on the screen regardless of how I build the system. = Somehow I am going to need to be able to boot from CD or memstick to get = this working.
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