From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 15 8: 1:28 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 08:01:23 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E8F437B698 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 08:01:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.10.0/jtpda-5.3.3) with ESMTP id eBFG1Js65751 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:01:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from rose.lpthe.jussieu.fr ([134.157.10.102]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (8.11.1/jtpda-5.3.3) with ESMTP id eBFG1Hm14300 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:01:18 +0100 (MET) Received: (from michel@localhost) by rose.lpthe.jussieu.fr (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA04204 for stable@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:01:17 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michel) Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:01:17 +0100 From: Michel Talon To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 Not booting problem Message-ID: <20001215170117.A4182@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mail-Followup-To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <000501c06676$c57495a0$ba229a18@zbzoom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <000501c06676$c57495a0$ba229a18@zbzoom.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 04:09:46AM -0500, Donn Miller wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cliff Sarginson" > To: > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 4:03 AM > Subject: 4.2 Not booting problem > > > I installed 4.2 on my test machine. > > A Tulip P90. 48MB Ram, 2Gig disk. > > Installation went smoothly. > > But, when re-booting, nothing appeared on the screen. > > Did it say "invalid partition table"? > > > My final solution was to installa small linux system on it, then > > install BSD and use Lilo. This worked fine. > > Sounds like you forgot to set the root partition "active". I cannot see that this has any importance on the booting problem. On my laptop i have set the Windows partition to be always active, to make the BIOS happy, (it is an option of boot0cfg) but booteasy is able to boot either Windows or FreeBSD without any problem. Of course it may be a particular Bios bug, such as on the Thinkpads, but less severe since lilo is able to make the machine work. -- Michel Talon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message