From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 05:32:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDFCB16B1DF for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (ol.freeshell.org [192.94.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80C0843D3F for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from philthom@sdf.lonestar.org) Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:philthom@sdf.lonestar.org [192.94.73.1]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i815W4HP011561; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:05 GMT Received: (from philthom@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id i815W4nf025215; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:04 GMT Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 05:32:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Phil Thomson X-X-Sender: philthom@sdf.lonestar.org To: Subhro In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: Can't boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:32:07 -0000 > I assume that you are installing *only* FreeBSD on the Pentium and not > multibooting it. Did you select to install the standard MBR or did u > select to leave he MBR untouched? What happens when you try to boot > the system fromthe hadr drive? Yes, FreeBSD is to be the only system on the machine. I actually don't remember what I chose to do with regards to the MBR; was there a point in the installation I would have made that choice? I'm pretty sure I would have chosen to install the standard MBR as there are no other systems on the machine. Is there a way I can fix the MBR now if that's the issue? I couldn't find that in sysinstall. When I try to boot from the hard drive, it says "Read error". P > Regard > S. > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 02:49:51 +0000 (UTC), Phil Thomson > wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Just installed FreeBSD on a Pentium 150 I found in the garbage (!), and it >> seems the installation went fine, but I cannot boot. I had to use the boot >> floppies to start the installation, so I used those to boot from to try >> and figure out how to configure the boot options in sysinstall, but I had >> no luck. I tried using the fixit floppy, but I don't understand how to >> find the hard drive or what I would do when I got there (I'm kind of a >> newbie to FreeBSD). The "holographic shell" didnt work (no shell came up >> at all). I can't currently rescue from a CD as I did a network install >> from floppies. What is the next step? >> >> P >> >> "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." >> Popular Mechanics, 1949 >> >> ========= >> Phil Thomson >> home: http://www.sfu.ca/~pthomson >> label: http://centibel.org/ >> group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/databenders/ >> ========= >> >> SDF Public Access UNIX System >> http://www.freeshell.org/ >> Geekier than you since 1987. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > -- > Subhro Sankha Kar > School of Information Technology > Block AQ-13/1 Sector V > ZIP 700091 > India > "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular Mechanics, 1949 ========= Phil Thomson home: http://www.sfu.ca/~pthomson label: http://centibel.org/ group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/databenders/ ========= SDF Public Access UNIX System http://www.freeshell.org/ Geekier than you since 1987.