From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 1 5:27: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freesbee.wheel.dk (freesbee.wheel.dk [193.162.159.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8720A37B417 for ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 05:27:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by freesbee.wheel.dk (Postfix, from userid 1002) id E200C5DF2; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:27:00 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:27:00 +0100 From: "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems installing on scsi disks ? Message-ID: <20011201142700.B11859@bank-pedersen.dk> Mail-Followup-To: "Niels Chr. Bank-Pedersen" , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from part_lion@hotmail.com on Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 03:02:24AM -0700 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 18D0 73F3 767F 3A40 CEBA C595 4783 D7F5 5DD1 FB8C X-PGP-Public-Key: http://freesbee.wheel.dk/~ncbp/gpgkey.pub Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 03:02:24AM -0700, Joesh Juphland wrote: > > Vanilla x86 system with two identical scsi disks attached to a single 2940. > Installation is flawless - in custom install, I choose da0 and then da1, one > after the other, to partition. Again, I say, installation goes flawlessly. > > When the system boots though, it cannot get past the boot manager. I wait > for it to time out and go to the default option, but it just beeps. Any > attempt to hit enter, or f1, or f5, yields another beep. It will not boot. > > So, over five successive reloads, I have tried bootloader on da0, nothing on > da1, bootloader on both, normal loader on da0, nothing on da1, and normal > loader on both. No matter what combo I try with these two, it will not boot > when I partition and label these two disks. > > It just gives me f1 and f5 choices, and hangs forever. (or, when I chose to > put the loader but NOT the boot manager on both disks, it just comes up > saying "missing operating system) This usually happens (in my experience, at least), when sysinstall and the kernel disagree about the disk geometry. Try checking the CHS values when the kernel detects the disk (is available in the scroll-back buffer in one of the vty's) and then change sysinstalls values accordingly. This is done in the fdisk menu with "G", iirc. > Also there are no silly scsi problems like ID conflict or bios not set to > boot scsi or whatever. It is set to boot scsi just fine, and we know the > disks, etc. are working since the installation goes without a hitch. > > Any ideas why I cannot do a simple install onto very plain hardware and > disks ? > > thanks, > > Joesh > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message /Niels Chr. NB, tried replying in pm, but sender address bounces :( -- Niels Christian Bank-Pedersen, NCB1-RIPE. "Hey, are any of you guys out there actually *using* RFC 2549?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message