Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 15:34:30 +0000 From: Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org> To: FreeBSD User <freebsd@blacksun.net.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cant boot from large disk Message-ID: <40041006.9010000@cream.org> In-Reply-To: <20040113033814.GA15670@darkstar.blacksun.net.au> References: <20040113033814.GA15670@darkstar.blacksun.net.au>
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FreeBSD User wrote: > Howdy Questions, > > I am having problems with 4.8 Release booting from a large hard disk > (80 - 160G) on an old (socket7) motherboard. > > I have the same problem with linux. Making the root partition > smaller that 1000M, puting it on the first disk, etc etc doesnt > help in either case. I have also tried a few different bootloaders, > in all cases, the bootloader either failed to load, or failed to > boot the OS. > > With Linux (redhat7.x) I was able to build a bootable floppy on which > the location of the root partition was stored, and boot off that. > I could also interrupt the boot, enter different values, and boot > off of a different partition. Hardly ideal, but satisfactory. What bootloader did Redhat give you? Isn't it grub? I've used grub for ages to dual-boot Win2k and FreeBSD - it can boot FreeBSD no problem. My FreeBSD slice is at the start of my second drive so I type into grub: root (hd1,0,a) chainloader +1 boot And hey-presto FreeBSD boots no problem! There's possibly a way to get other bootloaders to boot FreeBSD, I'm not to sure. But you might want to give grub a try anyway. Good luck. Andrew
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