From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 8 14: 6:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD71A37B405 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 14:06:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-209.247.137.66.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.247.137.66] helo=blossom.cjclark.org) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16CpcS-00067G-00; Sat, 08 Dec 2001 14:06:53 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.11.6/8.11.3) id fB8Lr6P23434; Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:53:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 13:53:05 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" To: Joesh Juphland Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install and boot on secondary master possible ? seems not... Message-ID: <20011208135305.B22383@blossom.cjclark.org> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu 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 08, 2001 at 09:22:36AM -0700 X-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ 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 08, 2001 at 09:22:36AM -0700, Joesh Juphland wrote: > > If this is the case, that is, that it is the bios that is at fault, why is > it that when the computer boots it gets to the F1 ... Default ... boot menu > ? If it cannot read that drive to boot off of, why does it get there and > try, and _then_ fail ? Good point, I should read more carefully. That menu is in boot0 and the error message you see is from boot1. My guess (just a guess) is that boot1 is trying to read disks off of the bad driver. You can still try a boot floppy. Drop '1:ad(0,a)/boot/loader' (depending on your device numbering) in boot.config. I've done this when I put FreeBSD on a second hard drive and don't want to mess with the MBR on the primary disk, and it works well. > >On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 07:23:07PM -0700, Joesh Juphland wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a machine whose primary IDE controller is blown. Only the > >secondary > > > works. So, I connected my single IDe drive as the secondary master, and > > > proceeded to install FreeBSD. > > > > > > The install went flawlessly. I installed with the FreeBSD boot > >manager(the > > > first choice on that screen of three boot loader choices) > > > > > > When I boot, I see the F1 .. Default menu. If I wait, or if I hit > >enter, I > > > am told: > > > > > > Read error > > > > > > I reinstalled, and this time didn't use the freeBSD boot manager. Just > >the > > > normal loader. This time, after POST, it goes directly to "read error". > > > > > > So, what can I do to this disk to make it possible for the machine to > >boot > > > off what I have installed on the secondary master ? I used the fixit > >disk > > > to mount the drive and tried to edit things in /boot, but I cannot > >figure > > > out exactly what to change. -- "It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious." Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message