Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 19:00:14 -0700 From: Robert Clark <res03db2@gte.net> To: Mark Yeck <y3k@gti.net> Cc: Mark Woodson <mwoodson@wloq.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vectra XU 6/xxx Message-ID: <20010404190014.B15392@darkstar.gte.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010404200245.y3k@gti.net>; from y3k@gti.net on Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:02:45PM -0400 References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010404112306.021ef440@192.168.100.3> <XFMail.010404200245.y3k@gti.net>
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I checked google, and apparently, GRUB 4.0 (the bootloader) made mention of something very similar. Here is a URL, please let me know if it helps / doesn't help: http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/conectiva6.0/misc/src/bootdisk.grub/grub/docs/grub.info-2 [RC] On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:02:45PM -0400, Mark Yeck wrote: > On 04-Apr-01 Mark Woodson wrote: > > I'm having a huge problem trying to get FreeBSD installed on this > > system. I've tried a number of different installs and they all fail with > > the same result (3.4R, 4.1R, 4.2R, from burned ISO, from Walnut Creek CD's, > > from FTP w/boot floppies). > > > > The system is an HP Vectra XU 6 with PPro 200 & 32M, doesn't have the > > original NIC (linksys, recognized as dc0) and a USR 33.6 (sio4). > > > > Thinking originally that it was a problem with the drive, I've tried 4 so > > far. The original Seagate 2.5G SCSI, an old Quantum 3G SCSI and a Maxtor > > 71670 IDE (with SCSI disabled though the chipset still gets recognized > > Adaptec 7880 chipset). > > > > After the install (which runs flawlessly) in will not boot. I just get a > > cursor, no messages are output on the screen. > > > > I've spent some time digging through the archives at geocrawler and haven't > > found anything to help me. While there isn't anything listed on the errata > > for 4.2, I did see the boot0 bug listed, and downloaded and applied the > > updated boot0 with boot0cfg from the fixit shell. Didn't seem to make any > > difference. I've tried creating a small DOS partition (thinking that maybe > > there was a drive geometry problem). > > > > In a fit of despair I tried installing RedHat, that installed fine (the > > second time) but panicked on boot because it thought that there was a > > second processor (which there isn't, it's a SMP board, but the second > > processor remains uninstalled). > > > > I'd love to be able to get this machine running, but I'm out of ideas. I > > know people have gotten FreeBSD running on these machines... I'm just > > totally clueless as to how they did it. > > > > -Mark > > I used to have a link to an article on dejanews that mentioned boot problems > with freebsd and vectra's. unfortunately, that link doesnt work anymore and i > dont remember what the fix was. It had something to do with the bios not > working with the bootloader. Wish I could help more. I know others have had a > similar problem and the answer is out there somewhere. > > -mark > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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