From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 10:19:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 948C237B401 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:19:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from mark9 (hutch-931.hutchtel.net [209.105.45.31]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id JAA22900; Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:12:36 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <018201c098f4$087fa880$6100000a@vladsempire.net> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: , "Len Conrad" References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010217131639.01ac6030@mail.Go2France.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010217134955.01b5c870@mail.Go2France.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010217144545.026c6b80@mail.Go2France.com> Subject: Re: can't boot 4.2R Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 09:11:53 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Len Conrad" To: Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 7:53 AM Subject: Re: can't boot 4.2R > > >I've never has such problem in the past, so my wild guess would be: > > > >1) wrong disk geometry? (very likely considering how old your drive > >is) > > no, 768 cyl, 14 hd, 62 cyl > > >2) Some very weird disk > > seagate ST3390A > > > with very weird bios ( i doubt that this is the case) > > me, neither > > >3) Wrong install procedure > > how many install procedures are there with FreeBSD 4.2R? > > >For number 1: Try getting some real values for the drive C/H/S. > > they are correct as displayed in the system BIOS bootup screen > > > I guess the drive is not working in LBA mode? > > no > > >I cannot suggest anything particular, but you > >might try playing with the drive MODE and REAL/BIOS values for C/H/S when > >installing FreeBSD. > > > >As for number 2: get something newer and more standard nowadays > > seagate ST3390A is old but not exotic. In the compaq prolinea 466, > it ran FreeBSD 4.2 just fine. > > In fact, when I put took this old drive out of the prolinea and into > the P133 case, I tried to boot with the FreeBSD that was there, and > got the same F1 F2 F3 menu, and same symptom: hit F1, see a quick > disk access, and a beep, but no error msg or chance of progress. > > The OS is there but I just can't get past the booting. > > >As For number3: when in fdisk DO NOT PRESS 'W". Just create a slice ( > >which is what dos calls partition), make it a real partition (not > >dedicated), then just press 'Q' in label editor create all FBSD > >partions and press > >Q again. > > I've done that. > > >Installer should do the job automaticcaly. Again, watch out for the > >disk geometry. > > disk geo looks ok. > > I guess I'll have to find another disk. > > thanks, > Len > Are you sure that the disk itself doesn't have some proprietary compaq bios on it? Can you boot anything else off this disk in it's new computer? Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message