Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 05:44:58 -0800 From: Tanvir Hassan <tanvir@mail.org> To: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <Dirk.vanGulik@jrc.it> Cc: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install problems with Jaz Message-ID: <34B77B5A.A2D8BE48@mail.org> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980109095138.7731G-100000@elect6.jrc.it>
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Hmm. I have an IDE with BootEasy on it and one scsi disk (id 0) and one jaz disk (id 6). When BootEasy comes up it gives me F1: DOS, F5: disk2 and no indication of any jaz disk. When I hit F5 it just says No Operating System and then Invalid Partition table and dies. I rebooted into my install disk and wrote out a boot sector on my Jaz disk, but of course I cannot get BootEasy to see that disk and boot it. What do I need to do to get this to work? BTW, the install floppy seemed to see the Jaz fine along with all the swap and normal partitions... Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > > > > > I installed freebsd onto a Jaz disk and things seemed to work with the > > > aha2940 drivers. There was an initial complaint about an inability to > > > get geometry info from the jaz disk but it seemed to guess the right > > > values and the install went all the way through with tons of disk > > access > > > without errors. > > > > > > But, now I have a stupid question. I didn't want the freebsd to > > > overwrite my MBR, so how do I boot this disk? I tried to use my initial > > > boot disk to point it to the scsi disk but it never seems to find it! > > > Is that geometry problem coming back to haunt me? > > Hmm, eventually you will _have_ to install a boot manager of some sort; > Expect for the case where you are willing to go into the BIOS setup > and change the boot order (C:, D:, CDROM,..) time and time again. > > I use booteasy and a Jaz drive in much the same manner and can boot > between versions of FreeBSD, NetBSD, W95, NT and Linux just fine. The > only notable exception is Solaris :-( for which I have to go into the > bios. Anyway, I simply get something along the lines of F1, BSD, F2 > Dos, f5 Next disk, and can cycle through the 4 drives just fine. > I use an Adaptec 2940 and 2x external Jaz and 1x SCSI disk. The master/ > first disk is on the build in IDE. This is also where I've put the > BootEasy boot manager. > > Dw.
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