Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 18:25:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian O'Shea <b_oshea@yahoo.com> To: questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot loader doesn't see [root filesystem on] ATA disk after successful install Message-ID: <20050511012543.63944.qmail@web50908.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: 6667
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--- Brian O'Shea <b_oshea@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I just noticed this: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#BOOT-READ-ERROR > > So I rebooted the system again and in the fdisk partition editor > I re-entered the disk geometry values that I got from the system BIOS, > and pressed 'W' as the above web page suggests. It then produced this > warning: > > WARNING: This should only be used when modifying an EXISTING > installation. If you are installing FreeBSD for the first time > ... > Are you absolutely sure you want to do this now? Ok, so I decided to do it since the data on the disk is not important, but got the same result (boot loader can't find the root filesystem on the disk). I'm at a loss. -brian __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail
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