Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:30:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: luomat+FreeBSD@luomat.peak.org (Timothy J Luoma) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing FBSD onto SCSI SyJet? Message-ID: <199806121630.LAA13154@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199806121615.MAA17002@luomat.peak.org> from Timothy J Luoma at "Jun 12, 98 12:15:17 pm"
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In a previous message, Timothy J Luoma said: > Author: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> > Original-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:51:14 -0500 (CDT) > Message-ID: <199806121551.KAA12954@horton.iaces.com> > > > > My real concern is the problem where at the end of the installation one > > > cannot get past the boot manager's F? prompt.... *that* would be yucky > > > when doing an FTP install. > > > > Why would you need this? I installed it to use the entire disk (but remain > > compatible with other OS's), you don't really need booteasy. > > Sorry I guess that wasn't as clear to people who aren't me... > > I installed FBSD once off a friend's CD-ROM. After we got done with the > entire thing and rebooted, we got stuck at that point. The FAQ said: > > 2.17. I can't get past the boot manager's `F?' prompt. > > This is another symptom of the problem described in the > preceding question. Your BIOS geometry and FreeBSD geometry > settings do not agree! If your controller or BIOS supports > cylinder translation (often marked as ``>1GB drive support''), > try toggling its setting and reinstalling FreeBSD. > > "reinstalling FreeBSD" was the shocker.... we had to go through the whole > thing again. > > I won't need to dualboot in any way/shape or form. I will pop in the SyJet, > set the id=0 and boot FreeBSD. Once I am secure that the SyJet is > dependable enough to do this, I may do it with several different OSes. Right, when you install on the SyJet, choose the entire disk, but remain compatible with other OS's (I phrased that a little wrong but it will be clear when you install). That handles the geometry problems, so it will boot. Next, it will ask you if you want the FreeBSD boot manager, the standard MBR or do nothing. Choose the standard MBR then you won't even be asked about F?. It will just boot. Paul. -- "Maybe he can find a way to boost this network's sagging ratings. I know, I know, we could work on our shows and make them better, but that takes so much time and money!" -- Stan Lansing _Murphy Brown_ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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