From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 21 12:52:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6033106566B for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:52:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [173.8.102.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B8C8FC12 for ; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id o0LCq6E08642; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:52:06 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:52:06 -0600 From: John To: Fbsd1 Message-ID: <20100121065206.B8574@starfire.mn.org> References: <20100121014759.B3377@starfire.mn.org> <4B58127E.9000106@a1poweruser.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <4B58127E.9000106@a1poweruser.com>; from fbsd1@a1poweruser.com on Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Invalid partition table" after installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:52:08 -0000 On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 04:38:22PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > John wrote: > > I've tried the "modern BIOS" geometry and the "255 head" geometry. > > I've ensured that the first slice (boot slice) is smaller than 1.5 > > Gb. I've tried to figure out what the BIOS thinks the geometry > > is, but it doesn't seem to want to tell me. At least, I can't find > > it in the BIOS menu anywhere. When I boot from the CD-ROM with > > the 255 head geometry, though, it complains about the disk geometry, > > saying 16h,63s != 255h,63s or something like that - it flies by > > pretty fast (is there a way to go back and see that from the CD-ROM > > "boot only" boot?). > > > > I'm using the "Standard" boot manager, and the entire disk is devoted > > to FreeBSD. > > > > System > > BIOS version PT84510A.86A.2004.P05 > > Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4 > > Processor speed: 2.20Ghz > > > > Memory: 512Mb > > > > Disk: Primary IDE Master ST380021A (Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 80Gb) > > Primary IDE Slave: IOMega ZIP 250 > > Secondary IDE Master: Sony CD-RW CRX19 (what I boot from to install) > > Secondary IDE Slave: DVD-ROM DDU1621 > > > > Boot sequence: > > 1) ATAPI CD-ROM > > 2) Hard Drive > > 3) "Removable Dev." > > > > "Modern BIOS" geometry: 155061/16/63 for ad0 > > "calculated" geometry: 9729/255/63 for ad0 > > > > ad0s1 start=63, size=2875572 > > ad0s2 start=2875635, size=10217340 > > ad0s3 start=13092975, size=143203410 > > unus start=156296384, size=5103 > > > > ad0s1a / 384Mb > > ad0s1d /usr 1Gb > > ad0s2b SWAP 1Gb > > ad0s2d /tmp 384Mb > > ad0s2e /var 512Mb > > ad0s2f /var/mail 2Gb > > ad0s2g /usr/ports 1Gb > > ad0s3d /home/mysql 4Gb > > ad0s3e /home 50Gb > > ad0s3f /usr/src 3Gb > > ad0s3g /usr/obj 3Gb > > ad0s3h /extra 8483Mb > > > > Suggestions, please? I'm making zero headway right now. :( > > What version of FreeBSD are you running???? Well, yes, I suppose that would be a good bit of information! What I'm *TRYING* to run is 8.0. It seems to install successfully (of course - after doing all that), but then when I try to boot from the hard drive, I see an otherwise-blank screen that says: Invalid partition table and that's as far as it goes! > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. - Winston Churchill