Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 00:14:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> To: Steve Sizemore <steve@ferdinand.ucsf.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiboot linux + freebsd on two drives Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008030003030.310-100000@bagabeedaboo.security.at12.de> In-Reply-To: <20000802123655.A4511@cmpharm.ucsf.edu>
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Steve Sizemore wrote:
> > What kind of errors do you get? There are two boot loaders, the small
> > one that gives you the boot: (not literaly, I hope! :) and the
> > "loader" which counts down the seconds for you.
>
> The error message is a beep. I get the list of selections, press
> F5 for "other disk" and then a new list of selections - F1 for
> FreeBSD, F5 for other disk. F5 takes me back to the first disk
> (containing linux), but F5 simply beeps. (That's why I think the problem
> is with boot1 or boot2.)
This means BootEasy (boot0) isn't finding boot1. Either it isn't
there at all, or it's looking in the wrong place for it.
> My current hypothesis is that boot0 is working, but either can't
> find, or can't load, boot1 from /dev/da1s1. Anyone know how to
> test this?
I believe your hypothesis is correct. It sounds like you already have
a running system, so you can check if boot1 is indeed where it should
be. This is the first 512 bytes of your /dev/da1s1 ("less -f", or
"hd", or....) It should be identical to the /boot/boot1 file.
If that looks OK, then boot0 must be looking for boot1 in the wrong
place (it uses the partition table in the MBR.) This is typicaly a
geometry problem with IDE drives, but you seem to be using SCSI
drives, which all have pretty much the same geometry. Hmmm...
-Paul.
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