Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:11:05 -0400 From: "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.mv.com> To: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.1 and NEC 2635 saga Message-ID: <199704162111.RAA02467@snoopy.mv.com>
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Thank's to some help from Nate I managed to get the 2.2.1 boot.flp to work on this new NEC 2635 box. I downloaded the bin distribution from WC and did the install from a DOS partition which seemed to go fine with no errors at all. However, on exit, no operating system could be found! Thinking this might be related to the 1024 cyl problem, I checked all the settings and found that yes, the root partition did extend past 1024 cyls (FIPS doesn't seem to get the geometry right and there is no way to fix it as in sysinstall). I redid the layout to use a 24 MB root partition which should have been contained in the lower 1024 cyls. However, same problem. The install appears to go fine but she no can boot. Getting back to sysinstall with a 2.1.5 fixit.flp, I can see no kernel and a bunch of other stuff missing from / as well, although after the install completed I used the shell from F4 and all looked ok. What could possibly be going on here? Puzzled, Paul Werkowski pw@snoopy.mv.com
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