Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 15:02:32 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Randin <francois.randin@urbanet.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Bootloader problem freeBSD3.4 AMDK7 AsusK7M & Gigabyte 7IX Message-ID: <C1256879.004D23AA.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>
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Hello,
There may be a problem with the geometry of your disk, as seen from the FreeBSD bootloader.
You may want to check that the geometry reported by your BIOS (as Cylinders/Heads/Sectors) matches the one used when installing FreeBSD (as seen from the "fdisk" screen of the install procedure). If there is a mismatch, the boot process may want to load
the kernel with a number of cylinder larger than 1024, and this is not supported by the BIOS.
TfH
Dear support team,
boot is only possible from first partition (F1).
Any other partiton you try to boot from makes the bootloader beep.
It is possible to boot from a second disk.
Materiel involved:
- FreeBSD 3.4
- Asus K7M (BIOS: Amibios Easy Setup Utilities 1.17) / Gigabyte 7IX
- Athlon 600/500
We stated the same problem for freeBSD 3.2 and 3.3.
How to make to be able to boot from a second partition on the same disk? (Bootloader is installed)
Many thanks for help in advance
Yours
François Randin
Claudio Eichenberger
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear support team,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>boot is only possible from first partition
(F1).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any other partiton you try to boot
from makes the bootloader beep.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is possible to boot from a second
disk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Materiel involved:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- FreeBSD 3.4</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Asus K7M (BIOS: Amibios Easy Setup Utilities
1.17) / Gigabyte 7IX</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Athlon 600/500</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We stated the same problem for freeBSD 3.2 and
3.3.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How to make to be able to boot from a second
partition on the same disk? (Bootloader is installed)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks for help in advance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yours</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>François Randin</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Claudio Eichenberger</FONT></DIV>
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