Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 23:33:19 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Perry <andrew@python.shoal.net.au> To: John Kelly <jmk@unx.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New install of 2.2 won't boot Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970322232726.11793A-100000@python.shoal.net.au> In-Reply-To: <33333ED9.24DE@unx.berkeley.edu>
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OK, is this is a SCSI hard disk drive? If so try something like the following but I'm only doing this from memory (and my memory's not that good!) sd(0,a)kernel sd means scsi disk wd means ide (western digital i think but i'm almost certainly wrong here). this may help, but if not someone will definitely correct me :-) Andrew Perry On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, John Kelly wrote: > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 18:07:21 -0800 > From: John Kelly <jmk@unx.berkeley.edu> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: New install of 2.2 won't boot > > I have been trying to get FreeBSD 2.2 working on an Intel 486/66, (NICE > EISA m/b w/ 16MB RAM, Adaptec 2742 SCSI controller, Seagate ST3550N hard > drive (435 MB), 3Com 3C509 Ethernet card, no mouse, VGA display, std > keyboard). I have trimmed down the drivers list to just those devices, > and have tried swapping out the VGA adapter. > > The floppy installation program has not trouble finding the SCSI > controller. 2.2 installs very happily from the floppy, and walks me > through the novice configuration. I tell it to use the whole disk for > FreeBSD and make the partition bootable; I use the Automatic volume > setup, etc. (trying to make it as pure and generic as possible). The > installation program gets the files from freeBSD.org, etc., reboots, and > then: > > > >>FreeBSD BOOT @0x10000: 640/15360k of memory > Usage [[[0:][wd](0,a)]/kernel][-abcCdghrsv] > Use 1:sd(0,a)kernel to boot sd0 if it is BIOS drive 1 > Use ? for file list or press Enter for defaults > > Boot: > dosdev= 80, biosdrive= 0, unit= 0, maj= 0 > Can't find kernel > > It repeats the last three lines forever, though it pauses if I try > typing in something after the "Boot:" prompt. I have not yet found the > magic word to get past the prompt (assuming there is one). > > The only reason I can suspect is that the BIOS does not know, until the > SCSI adapter wakes up, that it has a hard disk attached. Still, the > adapter is fully awake--else there wouldn't be enough FreeBSD around to > complain about not finding its kernel. > > Advice, sympathy, and dumb jokes will all be appreciated. Thanks. > > --John Kelly > jkelly@uclink.berkeley.edu >
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