Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 17:43:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: Steffen Beyer <sb@sdm.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: sb@sdm.de Subject: 486 FreeBSD SCSI HD wont boot on Pentium system Message-ID: <199805161543.RAA00889@sunbi1.bi.sdm.de>
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Dear FreeBSD daemons ;-),
I have a problem I am not sure about wether it's what the "to do" list
on the FreeBSD web server lists as top 1 on the high priority tasks list,
or if it's something else:
I have a FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE installation on a 4.3 GB SCSI HD running
on a 486 with Adaptec's 1542 CP SCSI adapter (for ISA bus).
There is a DOS (100 MB) and a Windows NT partition (900 MB) up front
before the FreeBSD partition (er, slice :-) ), which fills the rest of
the drive.
When I put this HD into a Pentium system with Adaptec's 2940 SCSI adapter,
I can get till the "Boot which partition F1 F3" prompt from the boot manager.
As soon as I select one, the problems begin. Windows NT crashes with a blue
screen, and FreeBSD doesn't stop printing three numbers in parentheses
(apparently some Cylinders/Heads/Sectors numbers) scrolling over the screen.
On *both* SCSI adapters, the LBA or "use disk >1 GB" option is *enabled*.
I haven't been able to identify this problem in the FreeBSD handbook or FAQ,
and the chapters about the MBR and disk geometry didn't help me either.
Does anybody know this problem and how to fix it?
I wanted to avoid re-installing if possible.
Thanks a lot for any hint!
Best regards,
--
Steffen Beyer <sb@engelschall.com>
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